יָשַׁע yâshaʻ — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe
Translated in the KJV as × at all, avenging, defend, deliver, help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring salvation, save, get victory.
a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.
yâshaʻ in each stem
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 47Participle (active) 33Imperative 31Infinitive construct 22Wayyiqtol 20Perfect (qatal) 14Sequential perfect (weqatal) 10Jussive 4Infinitive absolute 3
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 9Cohortative 5Perfect (qatal) 3Participle (active) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Imperative 1
And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›