The corpus record — Hebrew

יֵ֛שׁ

yesh

‏יש חמשים‎ there are fifty Gn 1824 476 Ps 5812 Qoh 611 814 Ezr 1044, Cj

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Distribution

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 138 · 4.5/10k

Senses

1. יש

‏יש חמשים‎ there are fifty Gn 1824 476 Ps 5812 Qoh 611 814 Ezr 1044, Cj

2. יש

‏יש מהם‎ many of them Sir 444

3. יש

SW”: n

4. יֵשׁ

being, substance, existence

5. יֵשׁ

there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)

Attestations

יֵ֛שׁ Genesis 18:24 (BHS)
יֵ֣שׁ Genesis 23:8 (BHS)
הֲ/יֵ֧שׁ Genesis 24:23 (BHS)
יֶשְׁ/ךָ Genesis 24:42 (BHS)
יֶשְׁ/כֶ֨ם Genesis 24:49 (BHS)
יֵ֣שׁ Genesis 28:16 (BHS)

6 of 138 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Koehler-Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) scan p. 93; entry #384 Review: Under source audit
Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Carta 1987) scan pp. 611-612; entry #15146 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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