Hebrew word

yêsh

yaysh

יֵשׁ

What it means

there is or are

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

Where it comes from

perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (hâyâh (הָיָה))

How the King James translates it

is35
if14
have9
there9
be6
were4
now3
hath3

Every place it appears 126

Genesis18:24 23:8 24:23 24:42 24:49 28:16 31:29 33:9 33:11 39:5 39:8 42:1 42:2 43:4 43:7 44:19 44:20 44:26

Exodus17:7

Numbers13:20 22:29

Deuteronomy13:3 29:15 29:18

Judges4:20 6:13 6:36 18:14 19:19

Ruth1:12 3:12

1 Samuel9:11 9:12 14:39 17:46 20:8 21:3 21:4 21:8 23:23

2 Samuel9:1 14:32 19:28

1 Kings17:12 18:10

2 Kings2:16 3:12 4:2 4:13 5:8 9:15 10:15 10:23

1 Chronicles29:3

2 Chronicles15:7 16:9 25:8 25:9

Ezra10:2

Nehemiah5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5

Esther3:8

Job5:1 6:6 6:30 9:33 11:18 14:7 16:4 25:3 28:1 33:23 33:32 38:28

Psalms7:3 14:2 53:2 58:11 73:11 135:17

Proverbs8:21 11:24 12:18 13:7 13:23 14:12 16:25 18:24 19:18 20:15 23:18

Ecclesiastes1:10 2:13 2:21 4:8 4:9 5:13 6:1 6:11 7:15 8:6 8:14 9:4 10:5

Isaiah43:8 44:8

Jeremiah5:1 14:22 27:18 31:6 31:16 31:17 37:17 41:8

Lamentations1:12 3:29

Jonah4:11

Micah2:1

Malachi1:14

yêsh — Hebrew word meaning “there is or are”