Jeshurun is a poetic nickname for Israel (Deuteronomy 32:15; Isaiah 44:2).
This name shows that once upon a time, before the Masoretic pronunciation aids, the letters and were once quite the same:
The name Jeshurun comes from (yasar) meaning to be level, straight, upright.
The name means Uprighter. Or perhaps, if we serve the marriage-metaphor: Erector!
Etymologically the name Jeshurun is related to the names Asshur, Jashar, Jesharelah,
Jesher and Sharon. Another nickname for Israel is Zion.
For a meaning of the name Jeshurun, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Upright One. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Upright.
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were once quite the same:
(yasar) meaning to be level, straight, upright.
The name means Uprighter. Or perhaps, if we serve the marriage-metaphor: Erector!
