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title: מֵישָׁרִים — evenness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵישָׁרִים (4339), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: evenness. BDB 1906: n.m. evenness, uprightness, equity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵישָׁרִים

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«מֵישָׁרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **evenness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 4339 · **BDB:** מֵישָׁר

### Glosses

uprightness(es) (15); smoothness(es) (2); \[is\].level.paths (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

evenness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4339/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. evenness, uprightness, equity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4339/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. evenness, uprightness, equity;—only pl.: מֵשָׁרִים Pr 1:3; elsewhere מֵישָׁרִים Is 26:7 + 17 times;— evenness, level Is 26:7, of path of righteous (in the future), fig. for free from difficulties; smoothness, of the flow of wine, בְּמ׳ Pr 23:31; למ׳ Ct 7:10; in ethical sense, uprightness, equity, as taught in the school of wisdom Pr 8:6, ‖ צֶדֶק 1:3; 2:9; of government (ב)מ׳ ψ 9:9; 58:2; 75:3; 96:10; 98:9; 99:4; of speech Is 33:15 Pr 23:16; of Yahweh’s promises Is 45:19; רצה מ׳ 1 Ch 29:17 have pleasure in equity; עשׂה מ׳ Dn 11:6 make an equitable arrangement. adv. rightly, with חזה ψ 17:2; אהב Ct 1:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵישָׁרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4339/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 75:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.3/)

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כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י מֵישָׁרִ֥ים אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.will.take an.appointed.time I uprightness(es) I.will.judge

*JPS 1917:* 'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.

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[Proverbs 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.3/)

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לָ֭קַחַת מוּסַ֣ר הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט וּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* to receive correction of.insight righteousness and justice and uprightness(es)

*JPS 1917:* To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity;

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