yesha · salvation, deliverance

What it means

yesha (יֶשַׁע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “salvation, deliverance”.

The safety and well-being of one who has been rescued. From the same root as "save."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The rescue God gives, and the peace it brings.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• salvation ×35
• safety ×1

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×4
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×20
• Isaiah×5
• Micah×1
• Habakkuk×3

• 2 Samuel 22:3

  Elohim, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high refuge and the place where I flee, my savior; from violence you save me.

• 2 Samuel 22:36

  You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your answering makes me great.

• 2 Samuel 22:47

  YHWH lives, and blessed be my Rock; exalted be Elohim, the Rock of my salvation,

• 2 Samuel 23:5

  For is not my house so with El? For an eternal covenant he has set for me, ordered in all things and secured. For all my salvation and all my delight, will he not make them sprout?

• 1 Chronicles 16:35

  And say, ‘Save us, Elohim of our salvation; gather us and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to glory in your praise.’

• Job 5:4

  His sons are far from salvation; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver.

• Job 5:11

  setting the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to salvation;

• Psalms 12:5

  “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, now I will arise,” says YHWH; “I will set in safety the one they snort at.”

• Psalms 18:2

  YHWH is my crag and my fortress and the one who brings me to safety; my El, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high refuge.

• Psalms 18:35

  You have given me the shield of your salvation; your right hand sustains me, and your humility makes me great.

• Psalms 18:46

  YHWH lives, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the Elohim of my salvation,

• Psalms 20:6

  Now I know that YHWH has saved his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heavens with the mighty acts of the salvation of his right hand.

• Psalms 24:5

  He will receive a blessing from YHWH, and righteousness from the Elohim of his salvation.

• Psalms 25:5

  Direct me in your truth and teach me, for you are the Elohim of my salvation; for you I have waited all the day.

• Psalms 27:1

  Of David. YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? YHWH is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be in dread?

• Psalms 27:9

  Do not hide your face from me; do not turn away your servant in anger; my help you have been; do not leave me nor abandon me, Elohim of my salvation.

• Psalms 50:23

  The one who sacrifices thanksgiving honors me, and to the one who sets his way I will show the salvation of Elohim.”

• Psalms 51:12

  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and let a generous spirit sustain me.

• Psalms 62:7

  Upon Elohim rests my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in Elohim.

• Psalms 65:5

  With awesome things in righteousness you answer us, Elohim of our salvation, the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of the sea far off;

• Psalms 69:13

  But I, my prayer is to you, YHWH, at a time of favor; Elohim, in the abundance of your loyal love, answer me with the truth of your salvation.

• Psalms 79:9

  Help us, Elohim of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; and deliver us, and make expiation for our sins, for the sake of your name.

• Psalms 85:4

  Bring us back, Elohim of our salvation, and annul your vexation with us.

• Psalms 85:7

  Show us, YHWH, your loyal love, and your salvation grant us.

• Psalms 85:9

  Surely near to those who fear him is his salvation, so that glory may dwell in our land.

• Psalms 95:1

  Come, let us shout for joy to YHWH; let us raise a shout to the Rock of our salvation.

• Psalms 132:16

  And its priests I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful ones will shout aloud for joy.

• Isaiah 17:10

  For you have forgotten the Elohim of your salvation, and the Rock of your stronghold you have not remembered; therefore you plant pleasant plantings and with a cutting of a stranger you sow it;

• Isaiah 45:8

  Drip, heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bear the fruit of salvation, and let it make righteousness sprout together; I, YHWH, have created it.”

• Isaiah 51:5

  Near is my righteousness, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; for me the coastlands will wait, and on my arm they will hope.

• Isaiah 61:10

  I will greatly rejoice in YHWH; my soul will exult in my Elohim, for he has clothed me with garments of salvation; with the robe of righteousness he has wrapped me, as a bridegroom puts on the headdress like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

• Isaiah 62:11

  Look, YHWH has made it heard to the end of the earth: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Look, your salvation comes; look, his reward is with him, and his wages before him.’”

• Micah 7:7

  But I will watch for YHWH; I will await the Elohim of my salvation; my Elohim will hear me.

• Habakkuk 3:13

  You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed; you shattered the head of the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation up to the neck. Selah.

• Habakkuk 3:18

  yet I will exult in YHWH; I will rejoice in the Elohim of my salvation.

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