ישׁ yêsh yaysh Perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)KJV Usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitionsישׁ 1. being, existence, substance, there is or are a. substance b. existence c. there is or are Origin: perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist TWOT: 921 Parts of Speech: