יֵשׁ
there is
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Every verse where H3426 appears — 129 distinct verses across 25 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 20 verses
- Genesis 18:24 יֵ֛שׁ ptcl dem What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?
- Genesis 23:8 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
- Genesis 24:23 הֲ/יֵ֧שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
- Genesis 24:42 יֶשְׁ/ךָ ptcl dem + sfx pers 2ms I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go.
- Genesis 24:49 יֶשְׁ/כֶ֨ם ptcl dem + sfx pers 2mp Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."
- Genesis 28:16 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."
- Genesis 31:29 יֶשׁ ptcl dem It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
- Genesis 33:9 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours."
- Genesis 33:11 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Please take the gift that I brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
- Genesis 39:4 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
- Genesis 39:5 יֶשׁ יֶשׁ ptcl dem ptcl dem It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
- Genesis 39:8 יֶשׁ ptcl dem But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.
- Genesis 42:1 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"
- Genesis 42:2 יֶשׁ ptcl dem He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."
- Genesis 43:4 יֶשְׁ/ךָ֛ ptcl dem + sfx pers 2ms If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food,
- Genesis 43:7 הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"
- Genesis 44:19 הֲ/יֵשׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'
- Genesis 44:20 יֶשׁ ptcl dem We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'
- Genesis 44:26 יֵשׁ֩ ptcl dem We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.'
- Genesis 47:6 וְ/יֶשׁ conj + ptcl dem The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my cattle."
Exodus 1 verse
Numbers 4 verses
- Numbers 9:20 וְ/יֵ֞שׁ conj + ptcl dem Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled.
- Numbers 9:21 וְ/יֵ֞שׁ conj + ptcl dem Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they traveled: or by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.
- Numbers 13:20 הֲ/יֵֽשׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.
- Numbers 22:29 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you.
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 13:3 הֲ/יִשְׁ/כֶ֤ם ptcl inter + ptcl dem + sfx pers 2mp you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh your God proves you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 29:15 יֶשְׁנ֜/וֹ ptcl dem + sfx pers 3ms but with him who stands here with us this day before Yahweh our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day
- Deuteronomy 29:18 יֵ֣שׁ יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem ptcl dem lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
Judges 5 verses
- Judges 4:20 הֲ/יֵֽשׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem He said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No.
- Judges 6:13 וְ/יֵ֤שׁ conj + ptcl dem Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
- Judges 6:36 יֶשְׁ/ךָ֞ ptcl dem + sfx pers 2ms Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
- Judges 18:14 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
- Judges 19:19 יֵ֣שׁ יֶשׁ ptcl dem ptcl dem Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 1:12 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
- Ruth 3:12 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.
1 Samuel 9 verses
- 1 Samuel 9:11 הֲ/יֵ֥שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
- 1 Samuel 9:12 יֵּ֖שׁ ptcl dem They answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he is come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
- 1 Samuel 14:39 יֶשְׁנ֛/וֹ ptcl dem + sfx pers 3ms For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 20:8 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
- 1 Samuel 21:3 יֵּ֧שׁ ptcl dem Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
- 1 Samuel 21:4 יֵ֔שׁ ptcl dem The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
- 1 Samuel 21:8 יֶשׁ ptcl dem David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
- 1 Samuel 23:23 יֶשְׁנ֣/וֹ ptcl dem + sfx pers 3ms See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 9:1 יֶשׁ ptcl dem David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
- 2 Samuel 14:32 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.
- 2 Samuel 19:28 יֶּשׁ ptcl dem For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 17:12 יֶשׁ ptcl dem She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
- 1 Kings 18:10 יֶשׁ ptcl dem As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.
2 Kings 8 verses
- 2 Kings 2:16 יֵֽשׁ ptcl dem They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, You shall not send.
- 2 Kings 3:12 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
- 2 Kings 4:2 יֶּשׁ ptcl dem Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me; what have you in the house? She said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.
- 2 Kings 4:13 הֲ/יֵ֤שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? She answered, I dwell among my own people.
- 2 Kings 5:8 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
- 2 Kings 9:15 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 10:15 הֲ/יֵ֧שׁ יֵ֛שׁ וָ/יֵ֖שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem When he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
- 2 Kings 10:23 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of Yahweh, but the worshippers of Baal only.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 4 verses
- 2 Chronicles 15:7 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem But be you strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall have wars.
- 2 Chronicles 25:8 יֶשׁ ptcl dem But if you will go, do [valiantly], be strong for the battle: God will cast you down before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to cast down.
- 2 Chronicles 25:9 יֵ֚שׁ ptcl dem Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered, Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 10:2 יֵשׁ ptcl dem Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
- Ezra 10:44 וְ/יֵ֣שׁ conj + ptcl dem All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Nehemiah 4 verses
- Nehemiah 5:2 וְ/יֵשׁ֙ conj + ptcl dem For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
- Nehemiah 5:3 וְ/יֵשׁ֙ conj + ptcl dem Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
- Nehemiah 5:4 וְ/יֵשׁ֙ conj + ptcl dem There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [on] our fields and our vineyards.
- Nehemiah 5:5 וְ/יֵ֨שׁ conj + ptcl dem Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
Esther 1 verse
Job 12 verses
- Job 5:1 הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 6:6 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
- Job 6:30 הֲ/יֵשׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?
- Job 9:33 יֵשׁ ptcl dem There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both.
- Job 11:18 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem You shall be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.
- Job 14:7 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.
- Job 16:4 יֵ֪שׁ ptcl dem I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.
- Job 25:3 הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
- Job 28:1 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
- Job 33:23 יֵ֤שׁ ptcl dem "If there is beside him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show to man what is right for him;
- Job 33:32 יֵשׁ ptcl dem If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.
- Job 38:28 הֲ/יֵשׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?
Psalms 6 verses
- Psalms 7:3 יֶשׁ ptcl dem Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
- Psalms 14:2 הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there were any who did understand, Who did seek after God.
- Psalms 53:2 הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem God looks down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there are any who understood, Who seek after God.
- Psalms 58:11 יֵשׁ ptcl dem So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."
- Psalms 73:11 וְ/יֵ֖שׁ conj + ptcl dem They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
- Psalms 135:17 יֶשׁ ptcl dem They have ears, but they can't hear; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Proverbs 13 verses
- Proverbs 3:28 וְ/יֵ֣שׁ conj + ptcl dem Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, Tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it by you.
- Proverbs 8:21 יֵ֑שׁ ptcl dem That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
- Proverbs 11:24 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
- Proverbs 12:18 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, But the tongue of the wise heals.
- Proverbs 13:7 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
- Proverbs 13:23 וְ/יֵ֥שׁ conj + ptcl dem An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, But injustice sweeps it away.
- Proverbs 14:12 יֵ֤שׁ ptcl dem There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
- Proverbs 16:25 יֵ֤שׁ ptcl dem There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
- Proverbs 18:24 וְ/יֵ֥שׁ conj + ptcl dem A man of many companions may be ruined, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 19:18 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem Discipline your son, for there is hope; Don't be a willing party to his death.
- Proverbs 20:15 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem There is gold and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
- Proverbs 23:18 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem Indeed surely there is a future hope, And your hope will not be cut off.
- Proverbs 24:14 וְ/יֵ֣שׁ conj + ptcl dem So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; If you have found it, then there will be a reward, Your hope will not be cut off.
Ecclesiastes 13 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:10 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
- Ecclesiastes 2:13 שֶׁ/יֵּ֥שׁ ptcl rel + ptcl dem Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9 יֵשׁ ptcl dem Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 יֵ֚שׁ ptcl dem There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
- Ecclesiastes 6:1 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:
- Ecclesiastes 6:11 יֵשׁ ptcl dem For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 יֵ֤שׁ וְ/יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evil-doing.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 יֵ֖שׁ ptcl dem For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 יֶשׁ יֵ֣שׁ וְ/יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5 יֵ֣שׁ ptcl dem There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 43:8 יֵ֑שׁ ptcl dem Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
- Isaiah 44:8 הֲ/יֵ֤שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem Don't fear, neither be afraid: haven't I declared to you of old, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any Rock.
Jeremiah 9 verses
- Jeremiah 5:1 יֵ֛שׁ ptcl dem Run you back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
- Jeremiah 14:22 הֲ/יֵ֨שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
- Jeremiah 23:26 הֲ/יֵ֛שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
- Jeremiah 27:18 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem But if they be prophets, and if the word of Yahweh be with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don't go to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 31:6 יֶשׁ ptcl dem For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise you, and let us go up to Zion to Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 31:16 יֵ֨שׁ ptcl dem Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
- Jeremiah 31:17 וְ/יֵשׁ conj + ptcl dem There is hope for your latter end, says Yahweh; and [your] children shall come again to their own border.
- Jeremiah 37:17 הֲ/יֵ֥שׁ יֵ֔שׁ ptcl inter + ptcl dem ptcl dem Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahweh? Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 41:8 יֶשׁ ptcl dem But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn't kill them among their brothers.
Lamentations 2 verses
- Lamentations 1:12 יֵ֤שׁ ptcl dem Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there be any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, With which Yahweh has afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
- Lamentations 3:29 יֵ֥שׁ ptcl dem Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Jonah 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
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יש — transliterated yêsh — is a Hebrew word carrying the sense “there is.” The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. With 129 verses in 25 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Debuting at Genesis 18:24, it then recurs through the corpus. Sharing its root, it stands alongside איתי and ישי. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
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About this word
Strong's H3426 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 129
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 129 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #327
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 327 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 129 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Genesis 20 verses 16%
- Proverbs 13 verses 10%
- Ecclesiastes 13 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 129 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 60 verses · 47%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 41 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 28 verses · 22%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Is 39×, Be 10×, Is there 8×
- American Standard Version: Is 33×, Be 9×, Is there 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Is 44×, Is there 12×, Are 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Is 70×, Is there 14×, Are 13×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3426 across 133 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 45 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3426 across 135 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 57 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3426 across 112 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 23 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3426 across 138 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. substance, only Pr 8:21 לְהַנְחִיל אֹהֲבַי יֵשׁ to cause them that love me to inherit substance (so Sir 42:3). e.g. Proverbs 8:21
- 2. elsewhere (proposes as a subst. in the st. c.), it asserts existence, and so corresponds to the verb substantive, is (are, was were, will be), lit. the being, presence of … (so BA אִתַי; Aramaic איתא, אית, ܐܝܺܬ [whence ܐܻܝܬܝܳܐ (self-)existent, ܐܝܺܬܘܽܬܳܐ essence, substance], with לָא contr. לַיִת, לֵית, ܠܰܝܺܬ; Mand. עת, עית, לאיית; Arabic [with irreg. س] لَيْسَ (inflected as a verb, لَيْسَتْ, لَسْتَ, etc.; WAG i. § 182, ii. § 42) is not أَيْسَ is known only in two proverbial sayings, as a secondary form, FlKl.Schr. i. 146 f.); Assyrian išû, be, have DlHWB 310; with affix 1 s. la-a i-ša-a-ku, I have not, TPi. 57 f. On this word, see especially NöM. § 213, who exemplifies its different constructions in Semitic, and shews how it tends to pass into a verb;—(1) in Biblical Aramaic Syriac Bab. 𝔗, with possessive sf.; (2) in later Pal. diall., Jer. 𝔗, Jer. Talm., sometimes also in Bab. 𝔗 and Syriac, with independent pers. pron. (as לית אנא, לית הוא); (3) in Mand. Bab. Talm, sometimes in Syriac and Arabic, and in Heb. יֶשְׁנוֹ, with object. (verbal) sf.; (4) in Arabic, as a true verb. In Ethiopic ቦ lit. therein, Germ. es gibt, is similar in use (DiGr. § 167, 1), though not of course in origin. In Heb. the corresponding neg. is אַיִן, q.v., the construction of which is quite similar)—is, are, was, were, etc., not, however, as a mere copula, but implying existence with emph. (hence in Engl. to be often represented by the subst. verb in italics):
- a. with a pred. following, Gn 28:16 אכן ישׁ י׳ במקום הזה surely Y. is (emph.) in this place! 44:26 אִם יֵשׁ אָחִינוּ אִתְּכֶם; Ex 17:7 הֲיֵשׁ יהוה בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ אִם אַיִן, Nu 22:29 לו ישׁ חרב בידי Oh that there were a sword in my hand! Dt 13:4 הֲיִשְׁכֶם אֹהֲבִים whether you do love, 29:17 פן ישׁ בכם אישׁ, v 18 1 S 9:11f. and they said, Is the seer here? and they said יֵשׁ He is, 20:8; 23:23; Je 27:18. Alone, in answer to a question (asked with יֵשׁ), He (it) is: †1 S 9:12; 2 K 10:15; Je 37:17. But Je 23:26 (where ישׁ has no subst. or sf.) text must be corrupt: cf. Gie. e.g. Genesis 28:16
- b. absolutely, there is (es gibt, il y a), Gn 18:24 אולי ישׁ חמשׁים צדיקים בעיר perhaps there are fifty righteous in the city, 24:23 הישׁ בית אביך מקום לנו ללון, 42:1 כי ישׁ שׁבר במצ׳ that there was corn in Egypt, Ju 4:20 הישׁ פה אישׁ, 2 S 9:1; 2 K 5:8 he shall know that there is (emph.) a prophet in Israel, Ru 3:12 there is a kinsman nearer than I, ψ 58:12 surely there are gods judging on the earth: so in aphorisms, asserting the existence of a partic. character, quality, etc., Pr 11:24 ישׁ מפזר ונוסף עוד, 12:18; 13:7, 23; 14:12; 16:25; 18:24; 20:15; Ec 2:21; 4:8; 5:12; 6:1, 11; 7:15(×2); 8:14(×3); 10:5. In questions, or protestations, יֵשׁ often implies a doubt whether what is asked about is to be found or exists: 1 K 18:10; Je 5:1 and see אם ישׁ אישׁ if there is (emph.) a man doing justice, etc. (cf. ψ 14:2), 14:22 Is 44:8 הישׁ אלהים is there a god beside me? ψ 7:4 אם ישׁ עול בכפי if there is iniquity in my hands! 73:11 is there knowledge in the Most High? Jb 5:1; 6:30 La 1:12. e.g. Genesis 18:24
- c. special phrases:—(a) after אִם and a ptcp., where an abiding intention is to be emphasized, †Gn 24:42 אם־ישׁך־נא מצליח דרכי if thou art (really) prospering my way, v 49; 43:4; Ju 6:36 (cf. II. אין 2 b). (b) יֵשׁ לְ = has (had), especially with prons. יֵשׁ לִי, יֵשׁ לְךָ; etc., Gn 33:9 יֶשׁ־לִי רָב I have plenty, v 11 43:7 הישׁ לכם אח, 44:20 ישׁ לנו אב זקן, 1 S 17:46 that they may know כי ישׁ אלהים לישׂראל that Israel has (emph.) a god, 2 K 4:2 מַה־יֶּשׁ־לָכְי what hast thou? Jb 14:7 for a tree has (emph.) hope (cf. Ru 1:12), 25:3; 28:1; 38:28 הישׁ למטר אב: Gn 39:5(×2), 8 כל אשׁר יֶשׁ־לו all that he had (v 4 without אשׁר, prob. error). (c) with inf. and לְ, is it possible to …? 2 K 4:13 הישׁ לדבר־לך can (I) speak for thee to the king? 2 Ch 25:9; so אִשׁ לְ 2 S 14:19 (cf. אֵין לְ, sub II. אַיִן 5). (d) … יֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר (if) it was that … †Nu 9:20, 21; there were some who … (with ptcp.) †Ne 5:2, 3, 4 (cf. Syriac ܐܝܺܬ ܕ for ὃ μὲν … ὃ δὲ … Mt 13:8; ܐܝܺܬ ܕܐܴܡܪܺܝܢ PS172). (e) יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי Gn 31:29 al.; v. II. אֵל 7, p. 43. (f) 2 K 10:15 וָיֵשׁ and (if) it be … (cf. וָלֹא 5:17 2 S 13:26); so Ju 6:13 וְיֵשׁ י׳ אִתָּנוּ. (g) pleon. אֵין יֵשׁ †ψ 135:17. (h) לֹא יֵשׁ †Jb 9:33 (cf. لَيْسَ, ܠܰܝܺܬ: but 𝔊 𝔖 Me al. לֻא).—As a rule, יֵשׁ precedes its subst. (from which, however, like אין, it may be separated: Gn 24:23; 43:7 הֲיֵשׁ לָכֶם אָח, 44:19, 20; 1 S 20:8 etc.); but occasionally, for greater emphasis, this is prefixed: 1 S 21:5 כי אם לחם קדשׁ ישׁ but holy bread there is! Is 43:8 the blind people, ועינים ישׁ though it has eyes, Ju 19:19 לחם ויין ישׁ לי (cf. אַיִן 2 c). e.g. Genesis 24:42
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
subst. being, substance, existence (on etym. v. 2)—יֵשׁ Gn 18:24 etc.; יֶשׁ־ 31:29 + often; הֲיֵשׁ 24:23 + 18 times (so אִשׁ 2 S 14:19 †, הַאִשׁ Mic 6:10 †, v. p. 78), with sf. יֶשְׁךָ v 42 + 2 times; יֶשְׁכֶם v 49 †; הֲיִשְׁכֶם Dt 13:4 †; יֶשְׁנוֹ (Ol§ 97 b Sta§ 370 b) 29:14; 1 S 14:39 (+ v 41 𝔊 We Dr), 23:23; Est 3:8 †;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יֵשׁ
- 1. being, substance, wealth (of knowledge &c.). Y. Ned. V, end, 39ᵇ; Succ. 28ᵃ; B. Bath. 134ᵃ (Prov. VIII, 21, applied to R. Joh. b. Zaccai). e.g. Proverbs 8:21
- 2. there is, there are, v. אִית. Ber. VI, 4 אם יש ביניהם וכ׳ if there is among them one species &c. Peah VIII, 8 מי שיש לו וכ׳ he who possesses &c. Ḥag. 14ᵇ יש נאה דורש וכ׳ many a one preaches well but does not act well; a. v. fr.—יש אומרים (abbr. י"א) some say (anonymous authority). Hor. 13ᵇ אסיקו … ולר׳ נתן י"א the editors introduced ‘others say’ for R. M. and ‘some say’ for R. Nathan. B. Bath. 93ᵇ וי"א אף הוצאה and some say, he must indemnify him also for carrying the seed out; מאן י"א who is meant by ‘some say’? (v. Tosaf. a. l.). Ab. V, 6; a. v. fr.—יֶשְׁנוֹ he is, it is. Kidd. I, 10 כל שי׳ במקרא וכ׳ whosoever is (engaged) in the study of the Bible &c. Ḥag. 4ᵇ כל שי׳ בביאה י׳ וכ׳ whosoever is bound to visit the Temple, is also bound &c., v. הֲבָאָה; a. fr.—יֶשְׁנָהּ she is, it is. Kidd. 48ᵃ, a. fr. י׳ לשכירות וכ׳ the relation of employment exists from beginning to end, i.e. the employer is under obligation for every portion of the contracted labor, opp. אינה ל׳ … אלא בסוף the obligation takes effect only when the work is finished; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 44 distinct written forms H3426 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יֶשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 8:14 | 30 |
| יֵ֣שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 29:18 | 21 |
| יֵ֥שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 1:10 | 10 |
| יֵשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 4:9 | 6 |
| הֲ/יֵ֣שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 43:7 | 5 |
| וְ/יֵ֣שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 7:15 | 5 |
| יֵ֤שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 7:15 | 5 |
| הֲ/יֵ֧שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 17:7 | 3 |
| הֲ/יֵשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 44:19 | 3 |
| וְ/יֵשׁ֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | Nehemiah 5:2 | 3 |
| יֵ֛שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 18:24 | 3 |
| הֲ/יֵ֤שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 4:13 | 2 |
| הֲ/יֵ֥שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 9:11 | 2 |
| הֲ/יֵֽשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 4:20 | 2 |
| וְ/יֵ֞שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Numbers 9:20 | 2 |
| וְ/יֵ֤שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 6:13 | 2 |
| וְ/יֵ֥שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Proverbs 13:23 | 2 |
| יֵ֑שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 43:8 | 2 |
| יֵ֔שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 21:4 | 2 |
| יֵ֚שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 5:13 | 2 |
| יֶשְׁנ֣/וֹ | Particle, Demonstrative | Esther 3:8 | 2 |
| יֶּשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 4:2 | 2 |
| הֲ/יִשְׁ/כֶ֤ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 13:3 | 1 |
| הֲ/יֵ֛שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Jeremiah 23:26 | 1 |
| הֲ/יֵ֨שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Jeremiah 14:22 | 1 |
| וְ/יֵ֖שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Psalms 73:11 | 1 |
| וְ/יֵ֨שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Nehemiah 5:5 | 1 |
| וְ/יֵשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Jeremiah 31:17 | 1 |
| וְ/יֶשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 47:6 | 1 |
| וָ/יֵ֖שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 10:15 | 1 |
| יֵ֖שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 8:6 | 1 |
| יֵ֨שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Jeremiah 31:16 | 1 |
| יֵ֪שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Job 16:4 | 1 |
| יֵֽשׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 2:16 | 1 |
| יֵשׁ֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 44:26 | 1 |
| יֶשְׁ/ךָ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 24:42 | 1 |
| יֶשְׁ/ךָ֛ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 43:4 | 1 |
| יֶשְׁ/ךָ֞ | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 6:36 | 1 |
| יֶשְׁ/כֶ֨ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 24:49 | 1 |
| יֶשְׁנ֛/וֹ | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 14:39 | 1 |
| יֶשְׁנ֜/וֹ | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 29:15 | 1 |
| יֵּ֖שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 9:12 | 1 |
| יֵּ֧שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 21:3 | 1 |
| שֶׁ/יֵּ֥שׁ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 2:13 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3426, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 122 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 129 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 18:24
- Exodus 17:7
- Numbers 9:20
- Deuteronomy 13:3
- Judges 4:20
- Ruth 1:12
- 1 Samuel 9:11
- 2 Samuel 9:1
- 1 Kings 17:12
- 2 Kings 2:16
- 1 Chronicles 29:3
- 2 Chronicles 15:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
