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yōšer יֹ֫שֶׁר ‘uprightness’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yāšar יָשַׁר ‘to smooth’
Roots: ישׁר

yōšer n, m
1) straightness, uprightness
 1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications)
 1b) rightness, uprightness
 1c) what is right, what is due

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 9:5 1 Kings 9:4 Psalms 119:7, 25:21 Proverbs 11:24, 2:13, 14:2, 17:26, 4:11 Job 33:23, 6:25, 33:3 Ecclesiastes 12:10 1 Chronicles 29:17

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