4:25 let thine eyelids look straight before thee; Imv. הַיְ˜שַׁר דַּרְכֶּךָ˜ make thy way even ψ 5:9 Qr ( Kt הֹושַׁר ; v. Ges ^{70 (2)}).

• יָשָׁר S 3477 TWOT 930a GK 3838, 3839 adj. straight, right ;— י׳ 1 S 29:6 + 70 times; cstr. יְשַׁר Pr 29:2 7; f. יְשָׁרָה Ez 1:7 + 4 times; pl. יְשָׁרִים Nu 23:10 + 31 times; cstr. יִשְׁרֵי ψ 7:11 + 8 times; f. יְשָׁרֹות Ez 1:23 ( del. Co );— 1. straight, level , of a way Is 26:7 Je 31:9 ψ 107:7 Ezr 8:2 1; foot Ez 1:7 ; wings v 23 (? v. supr .) 2. right, pleasing: a. to God , הַיָּשָׁר בעיני that which is right, pleasing in the eyes of, agreeable to (either cstr. before י׳ , or with sfs. referring to him), especially in Deut. writers, Ex 15:26 ( R ), Dt 12:25 ; 13:19 ; 21:9 1 K 11:33 , 38 ; 14:8 , 15:5 , 11 ; 22:43 = 2 Ch 20:3 2, 2 K 10:30 , 12:3 ; 14:3 ; 15:3 , 34 ; 16:2 ; 18:3 ; 22:2 = 2 Ch 24: 2; 25:2 ; 26:4 ; 27:2 ; 28:1 ; 29:2 ; 34:2 , Je 34:15 ; הישׁר והטוב בעיני י׳ Dt 6:1 8; הטוב והישׁר בעיני י׳ 12:28 2 Ch 14: 1; הטוב והישׁר והאמח לפני י׳ 31:2 0. b. to man , (ה)ישׁר בעיני Dt 12:8 Ju 17: 6; 21:25 2 S 19:7 Je 40:5 Pr 12:1 5; 21:2 ; (ה)טוב ו(ה)ישׁר בעיני Jos 9:25 ( D ), Je 26:14 ; 40:4 ; יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי־אִישׁ Pr 14:12 there is a way which is pleasing before a man = 16:2 5. 3. straightforward, just, upright: a. of God , צַדִּיק וְיָשָׁר הוּא Dt 32:4 (song); טוב וישׁר י׳ ψ 25:8 ; ישׁר י׳ 92:1 6; his ways Ho 14:10 ; his משׁפטים Ne 9:13 ψ 119:137 ; פִּקּוּדִים 19: 9; דָּבָר 33: 4; the words of divine wisdom Pr 8:9 . b. of man , God made him upright Ec 7:2 9; but יָשָׁר בָּאָדָם אָ˜יִן Mi 7:2 an upright man among men there is none , and yet Job is תָּם וְיָשָׁר Jb 1:1 ( v. D a), v 8; 2:3 , cf. ψ 37:37 ; זַךְ וישׁר Jb 8: 6; so earlier of David as an uprightman 1 S 29:6 ; of man’s doings || זַךְ Pr 20:1 1, cf. 21:8 ; of his way of life || טובה 1 S 12:2 3; יְשַׁר־דֶּרֶךְ Pr 29:2 7; יִשְׁרִי־דֶרֶךְ ψ 37:14 ; of his heart, mind, and will, יִשְׁרֵי לֵבָב upright of heart 2 Ch 29:3 4; רִשְׁרֵי־לֵב ψ 7:11 ; 11:2 ; 32:11 ; 36:11 ; 64:11 ; 94:15 ; 97:11 ; יְשָׁרִים בְּלִבֹּותָם 125: 4. c. as a noun, (1) with ref. to things,

יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי the right I have perverted Jb 33:2 7; הַיְשָׁרָה יְעַקֵּ˜שׁוּ Mi 3:9 pervert the right (lit. twist that which is straight ); דֹּבֵר יְשָׁרִים speaketh right things Pr 16:1 3, cf. 2 K 10:1 5. (2) more commonly of men, in sg. (ה)יָשָׁר Mi 2: 7; 7:4 2 K 10:3 Pr 21:29 Jb 23: 7; collective, ψ 11:7 ; also in הַיָּשָׁר סֵפֶר book of the upright Jos 10:13 2 S 1:18 ( cf. 1 K 8:53 Ö ; Dr ^{Intr. 182}), a collection of ancient national poetry; in pl. יְשָׁרִים the upright , of pious Israel Nu 23:10 (song E ); elsewhere of the upright among the people of God

R Redactor (e.g. in Hexateuch). sg. singular.

Dr S. R. Driver, Introduction to Literature of O. T.