H3483 H3483
yesharah: uprightness (of heart), moral integrity and straightness
This noun denotes uprightness or straightness, particularly moral integrity. In 1 Kings 3:6, Solomon speaks of David's "uprightness of heart" before God, one of the virtues that characterized his father's reign. The term emphasizes moral straightness as opposed to crookedness or deviation from God's ways. It represents alignment with divine standards of righteousness.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A feminine noun meaning "uprightness," used in 1 Kings 3:6 to describe David's moral character before God. The phrase "uprightness of heart" (alongside faithfulness and righteousness) characterizes the inner disposition that marked David's relationship with Yahweh. Cross-linguistic translations consistently render this as "uprightness" or "straightness," emphasizing the geometric metaphor of moral rectitude versus deviation or crookedness that pervades biblical ethics. 1×
AR["وَبِ-اسْتِقَامَةِ"]·ben["এবং-সরলতায়"]·DE["und-in-uprightness-von"]·EN["and-in-uprightness-of"]·FR["et-dans-droiture-de"]·heb["ו-ב-ישרת"]·HI["और-सच्चाई-में"]·ID["dan-dalam-ketulusan"]·IT["e-in-uprightness-di"]·jav["lan-ing-kalimpahan"]·KO["그리고-정직함으로"]·PT["e-em-retidão-de"]·RU["и-в-прямоте"]·ES["y-en-rectitud-de"]·SW["wa-moyo"]·TR["ve-dürüstlük"]·urd["اور-سیدھائی"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יְשָׁרָה] n.f. uprightness;—בְּיִשְׁרַת לֵבָב 1 K 3:6 (for form see Bö§ 644 a Kö§ 90 (ii, 170)).