{"def":{"short":"there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)","long":["being, existence, substance, there is or are",["substance","existence","there is or are"]]},"deriv":"perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961)","pronun":{"ipa":"jeʃ","ipa_mod":"jeʃ","sbl":"yēš","dic":"yaysh","dic_mod":"yaysh"}}