Definition
a primitive root properly, to be straight or right; by implication, to be acceptable; also to succeed or prosper
Traditional renderings: direct, be right, prosper.
Traditional renderings: direct, be right, prosper.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Esther 8:5וְכָשֵׁ֤ר · [seems] proper“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
- Ecclesiastes 10:10הַכְשֵׁ֖יר · successIf the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6יִכְשָׁר֙ · will succeedSow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.