יֵשׁ
yêsh · yaysh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961 (הָיָה));
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֵשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
140 occurrences · 140 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- there is15 · 22%
- is there5 · 7%
- i have5 · 7%
- is4 · 6%
- that there is4 · 6%
- and is there2 · 3%
- if thou wilt2 · 3%
- there were2 · 3%
- if it be2 · 3%
- and so it was2 · 3%
- it is2 · 3%
- but there is2 · 3%
- lest there should be2 · 3%
- shall be2 · 3%
- if there2 · 3%
- for there is2 · 3%
- hath2 · 3%
- and there is2 · 3%
- be2 · 3%
- if there be2 · 3%
- and all that he had1 · 1%
- and now if ye will1 · 1%
- if now thou do1 · 1%
- me, i pray thee: is there1 · 1%
- peradventure there be1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.