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# יְשׁוּעָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3444

**salvation** — used 78 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

salvation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3444/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְשׁוּעָה: n.f. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3444/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. salvation;—יְשׁ׳ ψ 119:155 + 18 times; יְשׁוּעָ֫תָה 3:3 Jon 2:10; יְשֻׁעָ֫תָה ψ 80:3; cstr. יְשׁוּעַת Ex 14:13 + 4 times; sf. יְשֻׁעָתִי Jb 30:15; יְשׁוּעָתִי ψ 62:2 + 12 times, + 25 times sfs.; pl. יְשׁוּעוֹת 2 S 22:51 + 6 times; יְשׁוּעֹת ψ 42:12 + 3 times; יְשֻׁעוֹת 53:7;— welfare, prosperity: כעב עברה ישׁעתי Jb 30:15 as a cloud my prosperity passed away. deliverance: והיתה לי לישׁועה and thou wilt be to me for deliverance 2 S 10:11 = 1 Ch 19:12. salvation by God, primarily from external evils, but often with added spiritual idea: Gn 49:18 (poem), Is 33:2; 52:7, 10; 59:11; 60:18; Jon 2:10 ψ 3:3, 9; 14:7 = 53:7, 22:2; 35:3; 62:2; 69:30; 70:5 (= תשׁועה 40:17), 78:22; 80:3; 91:16; 96:2 = 1 Ch 16:23, 106:4; 140:8; Jb 13:16; with verbs of rejoicing בישׁועה 1 S 2:1; Is 25:9 ψ 9:15; 13:6; 35:9; יְשׁוּעָה יָשִׁית חוֹמוֹת Is 26:1 salvation will he set as walls; cf. phr. אֱלֹהֵי ישׁ׳ ψ 88:2, אֵל ישׁ׳ Is 12:2, צוּר ישׁ׳ Dt 32:15 (song), ψ 89:27, cf. צוּרִי וִישׁוּעָתִי 62:3, 7; יוֹם ישׁ׳ Is 49:8; מַעַיְנֵי הישׁ׳ 12:3 wells of salvation; pl. יְשׁוּעוֹת (intensive), of י׳: יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנַי ψ 42:6 the salvation of my face (person; פניו MT error, פני 𝔊 𝔖), v 12 43:5; כּוֹס ישׁועות 116:13 cup commemorating saving acts (of drink-offering); further ψ 119:123, 155, 166, 174; ‖ צְדָקָה Is 51:6, 8; 56:1; 62:1 ψ 98:2, 3; יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ Is 49:6 my salvation unto the ends of the earth; בְּכָל־גּוֹיִם יְשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 67:3 among all nations thy salvation. victory: c. עָשָׂה work victory 1 S 14:45; Is 26:18; elsewhere of victories wrought by Yahweh for his people Ex 15:2 (song) Is 12:2; Hb 3:8 ψ 20:6; 21:2, 6; 44:5; 68:20; 118:14, 15, 21; phrases: פעל יְשׁוּעוֹת do victories 74:12; חֹסֶן יְשׁוּעֹת Is 33:6 store of victories; מִגְדּוֹל יְשׁוּעוֹת 2 S 22:51 Qr tower of victories (Kt מַגְדִּיל and so ‖ ψ 18:51); מָעוֹז יְשׁוּעוֹת ψ 28:8 stronghold of victories; רְאוּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת י׳ Ex 14:13 (J) see the victory of Yahweh, 2 Ch 20:17; כּוֹבַע יְשׁוּעָה Is 59:17 helmet of victory; יְפָאֵר עֲנָוִים בִּישׁוּעָה ψ 149:4 he will beautify the meek with victory.—Cf. the syn. תְּשׁוּעָה, infr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 77 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: salvation (38); deliverance (12); the salvation(s) (6).

## In the verses

[Genesis 49:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.18/#tree)

לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֖ קִוִּ֥יתִי יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* for deliverance your I.wait.eagerly O.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.

[Psalms 44:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.5/#tree)

אַתָּה־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה יְשׁוּע֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* you he king \[are\].my O.God ordain the.victories of.Jacob

*JPS 1917:* Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3444/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).