Uprightness of Heart/ righteous/ straightforward/ pure of heart/ (integrity) (יֹשֶׁר לֵב (יֹושֶׁר לֵב))

Uprightness of Heart/ righteous/ straightforward/ pure of heart/ (integrity)

An honest man. His mouth and heart are equal. Honesty.

("My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart" — Psalms 7:11; and likewise: "And with uprightness of heart you will again be humble and subdued / like one of the grasses, like any human being" — Leah Goldberg, Ha'amnam Od Yavo'u; and likewise: "There is a kind of people, upright of heart / and another kind — upright as well" — Hananiah Rychman, Proverbs and Epigrams, Judgment and Kinship)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֹשֶׁר לֵב (יֹושֶׁר לֵב)

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם הָגוּן. פִּיו וְלִיבּוֹ שָׁוִים. הֲגִינוּת.

("מָגִנִּי עַל אֱלֹהִים מוֹשִׁיעַ יִשְׁרֵי לֵב"- תְּהִלִּים ז יָא, וְכֵן:"וּבְיֹשֶׁר לֵבָב שׁוּב תִּהְיִי עֲנָוָה וְנִכְנַעַת/ כְּאֶחָד הַדְּשָׁאִים, כְּאַחַד הָאָדָם"- לֵאָה גּוֹלְדְּבֵּרְג/ הָאָמְנָם עוֹד יָבוֹאוּ, וְכֵן:"יֵשׁ סוּג בְּרִיּוֹת יָשָׁר לֵבָב/ וְסוּג אַחֵר- יָשָׁר כְּווּ"- חֲנַנְיָה רַיְכְמָן/ פִּתְגָּמִים וּמִכְתָּמִים, מִשְׁפָּט וּמִשְׂפָּח)

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