יָשָׁר (yāšār) is a Hebrew adjective meaning straight. It appears 119 times in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3477).

Also rendered

• upright

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 930a)

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

• יָשַׁר yāšar — be smooth
• מִישׁוֹר mîšôr — level place
• מֵישָׁר mêšār — evenness
• יֹשֶׁר yōšer — straightness
• יְשֻׁרוּן yĕšurûn — Jeshurun
• יְשָׁרָה yĕšārâ — uprightness

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