Etymology?:
from yāšar יָשַׁר ‘to smooth’
Roots:
ישׁר
yāšār adj
1) straight, upright, correct, right
1a) straight, level
1b) right, pleasing, correct
1c) straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper
1d) uprightness, righteous, upright
1e) that which is upright (subst)
Mentioned in Exodus 15:26 Numbers 23:27, 23:10 Deuteronomy 6:18, 12:25, 12:28, 32:4, 12:8, 13:19, 21:9 Joshua 10:13, 9:25 Judges 17:6, 21:25 1 Samuel 29:6, 12:23 2 Samuel 19:7, 1:18 1 Kings 11:33, 15:11, 22:43, 15:5, 14:8, 11:38 2 Kings 10:3, 14:3, 15:3, 15:34, 16:2, 18:3, 22:2, 10:30, 10:15, 12:3 Isaiah 26:7 Jeremiah 31:9, 40:5, 40:4, 34:15, 26:14 Ezekiel 1:23, 1:7 Hosea 14:10 Micah 7:2, 2:7, 3:9, 7:4 Psalms 37:14, 11:7, 19:9, 97:11, 112:4, 94:15, 37:37, 140:14, 107:7, 7:11, 33:4, 111:8, 11:2, 112:2, 119:137, 49:15, 32:11, 25:8, 64:11, 111:1, 36:11, 125:4, 33:1, 92:16, 107:42 Proverbs 16:13, 14:11, 12:15, 14:9, 14:12, 16:25, 21:2, 21:8, 21:29, 29:27, 20:11, 29:10, 12:6, 15:19, 2:21, 3:32, 11:3, 11:6, 21:18, 8:9, 11:11, 16:17, 28:10, 2:7, 15:8 Job 4:7, 1:1, 1:8, 2:3, 8:6, 33:27, 17:8, 23:7 Ecclesiastes 7:29 Daniel 11:17 Ezra 8:21 Nehemiah 9:13 2 Chronicles 20:32, 26:4, 27:2, 28:1, 29:2, 34:2, 29:34, 14:1, 31:20, 24:2, 25:2