מישור

Hebrew

Root
י־שׁ־ר (y-sh-r)

Alternative forms

• מִישֹׁר (defective spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /miˈʃor/

Noun

מִישׁוֹר • (mīšōr, mishór) m (plural indefinite מִישׁוֹרִים) [pattern: מִקְטוֹל]

1. flatland, plain
   • Tanach, 1 Kings 20:23, with Young's Literal Translation:

     וְעַבְדֵי מֶלֶךְ־אֲרָם אָמְרוּ אֵלָיו אֱלֹהֵי הָרִים אֱלֹהֵיהֶם עַל־כֵּן חָזְקוּ מִמֶּנּוּ וְאוּלָם נִלָּחֵם אִתָּם בַּמִּישׁוֹר אִם־לֹא נֶחֱזַק מֵהֶם׃

     wəʕaḇḏē mɛ́lɛḵ-ʔărɔm ʔɔmərū ʔelɔw ʔɛ̆lohē hɔrīm ʔɛ̆lohēhɛm ʕal-ken ḥɔzəqū mimmɛ́nū wəʔūlɔm nillɔḥem ʔittɔm bammīšōr ʔim-loʔ nɛḥɛ̆zaq mehɛm

     And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him, “Gods of hills are their gods, therefore they were stronger than we; and yet, we fight with them in the plain—are we not stronger than they?”

2. (geometry) plane
3. (Biblical Hebrew, poetic) righteousness
   • Tanach, Psalms 45:6:

     כִּסְאֲךָ אֱלֹהִים עוֹלָם וָעֶד שֵׁבֶט מִישֹׁר שֵׁבֶט מַלְכוּתֶךָ׃

     kisʔăḵɔ ʔɛ̆lohīm ʕōlɔm wɔʕɛḏ šéḇɛṭ mīšor šéḇɛṭ malḵūṯɛ́ḵɔ

     Your throne, O Lord, is forever and ever; the sceptre of your kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

Derived terms

• בְּמִישׁוֹר (bemishór)

Further reading

• H4334 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “מישור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language