ישר

Compare Arabic ⁧يَسِير⁩ (yasīr, “easy, plain, simple”)

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⁧יָשָׁר⁩ • (yashár) (feminine ⁧יְשָׁרָה⁩, masculine plural ⁧יְשָׁרִים⁩, feminine plural ⁧יְשָׁרוֹת⁩)

1. right, straight
2. right, correct (complying with justice)
   • Tanach, Psalms 37:37, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ⁧שְׁמָר־תָּם וּרְאֵה יָשָׁר כִּי־אַחֲרִית לְאִישׁ שָׁלוֹם׃⁩

     Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

   • Tanach, Leviticus 12:28, with translation of the New International Version:

     ⁧[…] כִּי תַעֲשֶׂה הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃⁩

     […] because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

3. (colloquial) honestly, straightforwardly, forthrightly
4. (slang) immediately, right away

   ⁧אני ישר בא אליך.⁩ ― I'm coming to you right away.

• ⁧זווית ישרה / זָוִית יְשָׁרָה⁩ (zavít y'shára)

⁧יֹשֶׁר⁩ • (yósher) m

1. defective spelling of ⁧יושר⁩

⁧יִשֵּׁר⁩ • (yishér) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of ⁧יישר⁩