יֵשׁyêsh

being, substance, existence

Pronunciation: yaysh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3426

Meanings

2. elsewhere (properly as a substantive in the stative construct), it asserts existence, and so corresponds to the verb substantive, is (are, was, were, will be), literally the being, presence of…

a. is, were (Genesis 28:16; Genesis 44:26; Exodus 17:7)

b. there is, es. gibt, il y a (Genesis 18:24; Genesis 24:23; Genesis 42:1)

c. intention, art (Genesis 24:42; Genesis 24:49; Genesis 43:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 138 times in the Bible.

Genesis 18:24 Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?
Genesis 23:8 and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar
Genesis 24:23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “And please tell me, would your father have any room to put us up for the night?”
Genesis 24:42 “So today when I came to the spring, I prayed this prayer: ‘O Lord, God of my master, Abraham, please give me success on this mission.
Genesis 24:49 So tell me—will you or won’t you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I’ll know what to do next.”
Genesis 28:16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!”

See every passage

Genesis 18:24, 23:8, 24:23, 24:42, 24:49, 28:16, 31:29, 33:9, 33:11, 39:4, 39:5, 39:8, 42:1, 42:2, 43:4, 43:7, 44:19, 44:20, 44:26, 47:6
Exodus 17:7
Numbers 9:20, 9:21, 13:20, 22:29
Deuteronomy 13:3, 29:15, 29:18
Judges 4:20, 6:13, 6:36, 18:14, 19:19
Ruth 1:12, 3:12
1 Samuel 9:11, 9:12, 14:39, 17:46, 20:8, 21:3, 21:4, 21:8, 23:23
2 Samuel 9:1, 14:32, 19:28
1 Kings 17:12, 18:10
2 Kings 2:16, 3:12, 4:2, 4:13, 5:8, 9:15, 10:15, 10:23
1 Chronicles 29:3
2 Chronicles 15:7, 16:9, 25:8, 25:9
Ezra 10:2, 10:44
Nehemiah 5:2, 5:3, 5:4, 5:5
Esther 3:8
Job 5:1, 6:6, 6:30, 9:33, 11:18, 14:7, 16:4, 25:3, 28:1, 33:23, 33:32, 38:28
Psalms 7:3, 14:2, 53:2, 58:11, 73:11, 135:17
Proverbs 3:28, 8:21, 11:24, 12:18, 13:7, 13:23, 14:12, 16:25, 18:24, 19:18, 20:15, 23:18, 24:14
Ecclesiastes 1:10, 2:13, 2:21, 4:8, 4:9, 5:13, 6:1, 6:11, 7:15, 8:6, 8:14, 9:4, 10:5
Isaiah 43:8, 44:8
Jeremiah 5:1, 14:22, 23:26, 27:18, 31:6, 31:16, 31:17, 37:17, 41:8
Lamentations 1:12, 3:29
Jonah 4:11
Micah 2:1
Malachi 1:14

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