Proto-Semitic root
*yašar-
‘straight’
di Mino’s gloss: to be straight, upright, just; uprightness
Record 1446 ↗ · SED semet 1532 · Basis: SED
In Linear A9 entries
A-SA-SA-RA-MEʾaššaramuprightly, in righteousness (variant of yaššaram, ʾa- for ya-)ConfirmedSemitic33DI-DA-PA₃-I-SA-RIʾIdā bi-ʾišarīIda, in righteousness (toponym + prepositional phrase written as one word)CandidateSemitic13DI-MI-SA-RAIl-MīšarIl-Mīšar, god of justice—theophoric compound: ʾil 'god' + Mīšaru (justice god, maqtal…)ProbableSemitic13DI-SA-RIʾišarīuprightness, righteousness (genitive after the b= proclitic)CandidateSemitic1JA-SAyašarrighteous, upright (clipped form of yasaramu)CandidateSemitic23DJA-SA-RAyašararighteous is (predicate before A-NA-NE ḥanān 'grace')CandidateSemitic13DJA-SA-SA-RAyaššar-line-broken first portion of JA-SA-SA-RA-ME / yaššaram 'uprightly'CandidateSemitic13DJA-SA-SA-RA-MA-NAyaššaram=nain righteousness indeedCandidateSemitic13DJA-SA-SA-RA-MEyaššaramin righteousness (adverbial accusative in -am of √y-š-r)ConfirmedSemitic83D
Reflexes11 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianišaru (CAD I/J 224)išariš (CAD I/J 223)ešērugloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root wšr
- Eblaitici-sa-lum /yišarum/ (VE 1119, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 683 apud SEDonline 1853; Krebernik 1983, 39)uš-da-si-ir /y-S-r//yiSr/: in names =iš-lu, =iš-ru₁₂/yaSar, yaSarah/: names a-sa-ar, a-sa-ra, a-sar-a-nu/yiSar/: DN =i-sarnames i-sar-il, i-sar-ma-lik (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 377)/y-š-r/: name ti-šar, 3rd f./2nd m. (Krebernik 1988, 53–55)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic6
- Ugariticyšr (DULAT 973)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianyšryšr (piʿel) (Krahmalkov 218)gloss withheld
- Hebrewyāšar
- Aramaicyašrā
- Amoritejśr: jīśar, jaśar, jaśarum, jiśarumJaśar, Jiśar DN (Gelb AS 21, 22)yašar, yatašrim, mêšarum, yîšar (Buck 2019, 334)y-S-r: ia-si-rum/ru-um, ia-šir-ti-imyaSar, yaSarah: a-ša-ru-um, ia-sa-rum, ia-ša-ru-umyiSar: names i-ša-rum, áš-di-e-sa-ar, da-di-e-sa-ar, i-šar-li-im (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 377)gloss withheld
- PunicyšrNeo-Punic myšr (T 131)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root wšr
Arabic2
- Arabicyasara ‘to be easy’ (BK 2, 1627)‘he was gentle, tractable, easy’ (Lane 2975)yusr ‘easiness, facility’ (Lane 2977)
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ysr (Al-Jallad 2026, 171)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab ysr (Biella 232, 233; Sabaweb lemmas 1616, 2567)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.