H3484 H3484
Jeshurun, poetic name for Israel emphasizing the nation's ideal upright character
Jeshurun appears as an affectionate, idealized name for Israel in poetry, derived from yashar ('upright'). Moses uses it in his final blessing to designate the covenant people under their best character—'the upright one' or 'the righteous people.' The term appears in contexts celebrating God's choice and blessing of Israel, though Moses' final song ironically uses it just before describing how 'Jeshurun grew fat and kicked,' abandoning the very uprightness the name celebrates. Most scholars take it as a denominative meaning 'upright folk' rather than a diminutive.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jeshurun appears four times in exalted poetic contexts: twice in Moses' final blessing ('There is none like God, O Jeshurun' Deut 33:26; 'He was king in Jeshurun' Deut 33:5), once in Moses' song ironically before Israel's apostasy ('But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked' Deut 32:15), and once in Isaiah's promise ('Fear not, O Jacob my servant, and Jeshurun whom I have chosen' Isa 44:2). The ancient versions render it as 'the beloved' (Septuagint ὁ ἠγαπημένος) or 'the most upright' (Vulgate rectissimus), while modern translations preserve the proper name: Spanish Jesurún, French Jeshurun, German Jeshurun. 4×
AR["فِي-يَشُورُونَ", "وَيَشُورُونُ", "يَا-يَشُورُونُ", "يَشُورُونُ"]·ben["এবং-যিশুরুন", "যিশুরুন", "যিশুরুনে", "হে-যিশুরুন"]·DE["Jeshurun", "[וישרון]", "in-Jeshurun"]·EN["Jeshurun", "and-Yeshurun", "in-Jeshurun"]·FR["Jeshurun", "[וישרון]", "dans-Jeshurun"]·heb["ב-ישורון", "ו-ישורון", "ישורון"]·HI["और-यशुरुन", "में-यशुरून", "यशुरून"]·ID["Yesurun", "Yesyurun", "dan-Yeshurun", "di-Yesyurun"]·IT["Jeshurun", "[וישרון]", "in-Jeshurun"]·jav["Yesurun", "ing-Yesurun", "lan-Yésyurun"]·KO["그리고-예수룬아", "에-예슈룬에서", "예슈룬아", "예슈룬이"]·PT["Jesurum", "e-Yeshurun", "em-Jesurum"]·RU["Йешурун", "Йешуруна", "в-Йешуруне", "и-Йешурун"]·ES["Jesurún", "en-Jesurún", "y-Jesurún"]·SW["Yeshuruni", "ee-Yeshuruni", "katika-Yeshuruni", "na-Yeshuruni"]·TR["Yeşurun", "Yeşurun'da", "ve-Yeshurun"]·urd["اور-یشورون", "یشرون", "یشورون", "یشورون-میں"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְשֻׁרוּן n.pr.m. (upright one) Dt 32:15; 33:5, 26 Is 44:2; poetic name of Israel, designating it under its ideal character, 𝔊 ὁ ἠγαπημένος Aq Sym Theod εὐθύς, 𝔙 rectissimus, dilectus; Thes Ew§ 167 a LagBN 33 regard it as dimin. from יָשׁוּר = good little people; but no evidence that -וּן has a dimin. force, and most recent scholars De Di Dr MV Ges§ 86 (2), 4 take as denom. = Rechtvolk; BacherZAW v, 1885, 161 ff. and Che rightly compare סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר (see יָשָׁר 3 e).