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Proverbs 16:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4546 The highway מסלת

H3477 of the upright ישׁרים

H5493 is to depart סור

H7451 מרע

H8104 preserveth שׁמר

H5315 his soul נפשׁו

H5341 he that keepeth נצר

H1870 his way דרכו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H4546 highway

the

H3477 upright

H5493 depart

from

H4480 evil

that

H5341 keepeth

his

H1870 way

H8104 preserveth

his

H5315 soul

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3477

Hebrew: יָשָׁר

Transliteration: yâshâr

Pronunciation: yaw-shawr'

Part of Speech: Adjective

Bible Usage: {convenient} {equity} {Jasher} {just} meet ({-est}) + pleased well right ({-eous}) {straight} (most) upright ({-ly} -ness).

Definition:

straight (literally or figuratively)

1. straight, upright, correct, right

a. straight, level

b. right, pleasing, correct

c. straightforward, just, upright, fitting, proper

d. uprightness, righteous, upright

e. that which is upright (subst)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906