ישר

Compare Arabic يَسِير‎ (yasīr, “easy, plain, simple”)

יָשָׁר • (yashár) (feminine יְשָׁרָה‎, masculine plural יְשָׁרִים‎, feminine plural יְשָׁרוֹת‎)

1. right, straight
2. right, correct (complying with justice)
   • Psalms 37:37, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏שְׁמָר־תָּם וּרְאֵה יָשָׁר כִּי־אַחֲרִית לְאִישׁ שָׁלוֹם׃‎‎

     Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

   • Leviticus 12:28, with translation of the New International Version:

     ‏ […] כִּי תַעֲשֶׂה הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃‎‎

     […] because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

3. (colloquial) honestly, straightforwardly, forthrightly
4. (slang) immediately, right away

   ‏אני ישר בא אליך.‎‎ ― I'm coming to you right away.

יֹשֶׁר • (yósher) m

1. defective spelling of יושר‎

יִשֵּׁר • (yishér) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of יישר‎