יָשַׁר (yāšar) is a Hebrew verb meaning be smooth. It appears 28 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3474).

Also rendered

• to smooth

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 930)

Root family 930: יָשַׁר yāšar — be level, straight, (up) right, just, lawful. (ASV, RSV, neb similar except that they vary translations with “honest,” “righteous.”)

• יָשָׁר yāšār — straight
• מִישׁוֹר mîšôr — level place
• מֵישָׁר mêšār — evenness
• יֹשֶׁר yōšer — straightness
• יְשֻׁרוּן yĕšurûn — Jeshurun
• יְשָׁרָה yĕšārâ — uprightness

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