H3467. yasha

[יָשַׁע‎] verb Hiph`il deliver;

Niph`al intransitive and pass. (Arabic be capacious, II. make wide, spacious, IV. make sufficient, V. VIII. be or live in abundance (see Dr^{1 Samuel 14:45}) Phoenician proper name ישע‎; Sabean יתֿע‎ (royal epithet), proper name עמיתֿע יתֿעאל, אליתֿע,‎, e.g. Mordt^{ZMG 1876, 87}; 1893, 409. 416. 417, etc. (yet note strange equivalent, תַ‎ = ); not in Aramaic; MI⁴ השעני‎ he delivered me, 1:3 (ב)משע‎ deliverance, Sm and So, (but במת‎ ClGann Dr); proper name, masculine משע‎ 1:1, also 1:3 [4] Sm and So, but ישע‎ deliverance, ClGann Dr) —

Niph`al Perfect3masculine נוֺשַׁע‎ Deuteronomy 33:29; Isaiah 45:17; 2plural נוֺשַׁעְתֶּם‎ Numbers 10:9; 1plural נוֺשָׁ֑עְנוּ‎ Jeremiah 8:20; Imperfect3masculine singular יִוָּשֵׁעַ‎ 30:7; Proverbs 28:18 + 1 Samuel 14:47 (for יַרְשִׁיעַ ᵑ0‎) ᵐ5‎ We Klo Dr Kit Bu; 3 feminine singular תִּוָּשַׁע‎ Jeremiah 23:6; 33:16; אִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה‎ Psalm 119:117; Jeremiah 17:14 8t. Imperfect; Imperative plural הִוָָּֽשְׁעוּ‎ Isaiah 45:22; Participle נוֺשָׁע‎ Psalm 33:16; Zechariah 9:9; —

1 be liberated, saved (properly placed in freedom; compare for the figurative מֶרְחָב הִרְחִיב,‎), from external evils Proverbs 28:18, by God Isaiah 30:15; 45:22; 64:4; Jeremiah 4:14; 8:20; 17:14; 23:6; 33:16; Psalm 80:4; 80:8; Psalm 80:20; 119:117; with מִן‎, Jeremiah 30:7; מֵאֹיְבִים‎ Numbers 10:9 (P), 2 Samuel 22:4 = Psalm 18:4.

2 be saved in battle, victorious Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 33:16 + 1 Samuel 14:47 see above; ביהוה נוֺשַׁע עַם‎ Deuteronomy 33:29 a people victorious in ׳י‎ (poem), compare Isaiah 45:17.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הוֺשִׁעַ‎ 1 Samuel 9:16; Psalm 20:7; הוֺשִׁעַ‎ Zechariah 12:7; suffix הוֺשִׁיעוֺ‎ Psalm 34:7; 1singular הוֺשַׁעְתִּי‎ Isaiah 43:12 4t., + 14 t. Perfect; Imperfect יְהוֺשִׁיעַ‎ 1 Samuel 17:47 (see Dr) Psalm 116:6; יוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Isaiah 45:20 6t.; וְישַׁע‎ (jussive) Proverbs 20:22; וַיּוֺשַׁע‎ Exodus 14:30 7t.; וַיּשַׁע‎ 1 Samuel 23:5 2t.; suffix יוֺשִׁיעֲךָ‎ Hosea 13:10; יוֺשִׁיעֶנּוּ‎ Isaiah 46:7; ישִׁעֵנוּ‎ 1 Samuel 10:27; ישַׁעֲכֶם‎ Isaiah 35:4 (jussive, Dr^{§ 47. n. 4}), etc.; Imperative הוֺשַׁע‎ Jeremiah 31:7; Psalm 86:2; הוֺשִׁיעָה‎ 2 Kings 6:26 8t.; הוֺשִׁעָה‎ 2 Samuel 14:4 19t. Imperative; Infinitive absolute הוֺשֵׁעַ‎ 1 Samuel 25:26 2t.; construct הוֺשִׁיעַ‎ 14:6 14t. + 2 Samuel 3:18 (where read אוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Vrss. Ke We Klo Dr Bu and others), + 7 t. Infinitive; Participle מוֺשִׁיעַ‎ Deuteronomy 22:27 21t.; suffix מוֺשִׁיעָם‎ Psalm 106:21 8t. suffix; plural מוֺשִׁיעִים‎ Obadiah 21; Nehemiah 9:27; —

1 deliver, save (properly give width and breadth to, liberate), in peril, with accusative of person or location Exodus 2:17 (E) Judges 6:31; 1 Samuel 23:2, 5; 2 Samuel 10:19 = 1 Chronicles 19:19; 2 Kings 6:27 (twice in verse); Psalm 36:7; 72:18; Job 26:2; with לְ‎ person Joshua 10:6 (E) Deuteronomy 22:27; Judges 10:14; 2 Samuel 10:11 = 1 Chronicles 19:12 (with accusative), Jeremiah 11:12 (twice in verse); Psalm 72:4; 116:6; absolute הַמֶּלֶךְ הוֺשִׁיעָה‎ Help, O king 2 Samuel 14:4; 2 Kings 6:26. Specifically save, from evils and troubles :

a. of heroic men, saving the nation in war Judges 3:31; 6:15; 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:27; Hosea 13:10; Jeremiah 14:9; these are named מוֺשִׁיעַ‎ saviour Judges 3:9, 15; 2 Kings 13:5; Isaiah 19:20; Obadiah 21; Nehemiah 9:27; phrase when they are lacking מוֺשִׁיעַ אֵין‎ Judges 12:3; 1 Samuel 11:3; 2 Samuel 22:42 = Psalm 18:42; Deuteronomy 28:29, 31; Isaiah 47:15; they save מִיַּד‎ from the hand of Judges 2:16; 8:22; 12:2; 13:5; 1 Samuel 9:16; Nehemiah 9:27; מכף‎ Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 4:3; 2 Kings 16:7.

b. of God, who saves his people from external evils Deuteronomy 20:4; Joshua 22:22; Judges 3:9; 6:36-37, 7:7; 10:13; 1 Samuel 14:23, 39; 2 Kings 14:27; 19:34 = Isaiah 37:35; 25:9; 33:22; 35:4; 43:12; 49:25; 63:9; Jeremiah 31:7; Ezekiel 34:22; Hosea 1:7 (twice in verse); Habakkuk 1:2; Zephaniah 3:17, 19; Zechariah 8:7, 13; 9:16; 10:6; 12:7; Psalm 28:9; 69:36; 106:8; 118:25; 2 Chronicles 20:9; or the pious among them Isaiah 38:20; Jeremiah 2:27; 17:14; Psalm 3:8; 6:5; 7:2; 31:17; 54:3; 55:17; 57:4; 69:2; 71:2; 71:3; 106:47 = 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalm 109:26; 119:94; 119:146; 138:7; Proverbs 20:22; and especially the king Psalm 20:7; Psalm 20:10; David 2 Samuel 8:5, 14; thy servant Psalm 86:2; 86:16; חסיד‎ 12:2; דַּכְּאֵירֿוּחַ‎ 34:19; צדיקים‎ 37:40; חוֺסִים‎ 17:7; י ׳יראי‎ 145:19; עני עם‎ 18:28 = 2 Samuel 22:28; עַנְוֵיאֶֿרֶץ‎ Psalm 76:10; לב ישׁרי‎ 7:11; עֵינַיִם שַׁח‎ Job 22:29; accordingly God is מוֺשִׁיעַ‎ saviour Isaiah 43:11; 45:15, 21; 63:8; Hosea 13:4; משִׁעִי‎ 2 Samuel 22:3; מוֺשִׁיעָם‎ Psalm 106:21; מוֺשִׁיעוֺ‎ Jeremiah 14:8; מוֺשִׁיעֲךָ‎ Isaiah 43:3; 49:26; 60:16; Jeremiah 30:10 = 46:27; is with his people לְהוֺשִׁיעַ‎ 15:20; 30:11; 42:11; לְהוֺשִׁיעַ רַב‎ Isaiah 63:1; לְהוֺשִׁיעֵנִי מְצוּדוֺת בֵּית‎ Psalm 31:3; Israel prays יְמִינְךָ הוֺשִׁיעָה‎ O save with thy right hand 60:7 = 108:7, compare Isaiah 59:1; that from which one is saved construction with ׃מִן מִיַּד‎ Exodus 14:30 (J) Judges 2:18; 10:12; 1 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Kings 19:19 = Isaiah 37:20; Psalm 106:10; 2 Chronicles 32:22; מֵחָמָס‎ 2 Samuel 22:3; מֵחֶרֶב‎ Job 5:15: מִכָּלצָֿרוֺת‎ Psalm 34:7; מִכָּלרָֿעוֺת‎ 1 Samuel 10:19; מִצָּרֵינוּ‎ Psalm 44:8; אַרְיֵה מִמִּי‎ 22:22; נַפְשׁוֺ מִשֹּׁפְטֵי‎ 109:31; דָמִים מֵאַנְשֵׁי‎ 59:3; מִמְּצוּקוֺת‎ 107:13; 107:19.

c. there is no other salvation, the sword saves not Psalm Psalm 44:7, or a nation Lamentations 4:17, or astrologers Isaiah 47:13, or Asshur Hosea 14:4, or other gods Isaiah 45:20; 46:7; Jeremiah 2:28.

2 save from moral troubles, only in Ezekiel. מוֺשְׁבֹתֵיחֶם מִכֹּל‎ (read, with Co Da and others, מְשׁוּבוֺתֵיהֶם‎) Ezekiel 37:23; טֻמְאוֺתֵיכֶם מִכֹּל‎ Jeremiah 36:29.

3 give victory to:

a. of man, with לְ‎ person, give victory to, with agent subject יַד‎ Judges 7:2; 1 Samuel 25:26, 33, יַד‎ om. 25:31; יַמִין‎ Job 40:14; זְרוֺעַ‎ Psalm 44:4.

b. of God, with לְ‎ person, subject יָמִין‎ Psalm 98:1; זְרוֺעַ‎ Isaiah 59:16; 63:5; Yahweh 1 Chronicles 18:6, with accusative 18:13; absolute gain victory 1 Samuel 14:6; 17:47; גְדוֺלָה תְּשׁוּעָה וַיּוֺשַׁע‎ 1 Chronicles 11:14.