Hebrew · H376, H3477, H5869 · unreviewed

אִישׁ כָּל-הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו

A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) · straight (literally or figuratively) · an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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אִישׁ H376 a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Pronunciation ish
Individual male person functioning as a foundational unit of social identity, kinship, and covenantal responsibility in Hebrew thought
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יָשָׁר H3477 straight (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation yashar
Ethical straightness: literal rectitude becomes moral uprightness, especially God's righteous ordering of creation and covenant
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

What does אִישׁ כָּל-הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו (ish kol hayashar be-einav) mean in the Bible?

אִישׁ · יָשָׁר · עַיִן is a Hebrew word meaning "Each man doing what is right in his own eyes — the anti-pattern of individualized religious practice".

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Meaning

Each man doing what is right in his own eyes — the anti-pattern of individualized religious practice
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