yesh marks the presence, availability, or existence of a person, thing, quality, or circumstance in a clause.

As a particle, it frames clauses concerning whether someone or something is present, available, or existent, including affirmations, questions, and denials. The sampled clauses speak of righteous people in a city, bread at hand, a prophet in Israel, and the absence of common bread.

1. Particle marking presence or existence · dominant

   The demonstrative particle introduces or frames clauses about what is present or not present: in Genesis 18:24 the APB renders a question about righteous people being in the city, while in 1 Samuel 21:4 it renders the priest's denial of common bread at hand. It also occurs in questions about presence or availability, as in Genesis 24:23, and in assertions such as 2 Kings 5:8, where the APB renders that a prophet is in Israel.

   Genesis 18:24Genesis 24:231 Samuel 21:41 Samuel 21:92 Kings 5:8Ecclesiastes 1:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the surrounding clauses with forms such as “there is,” “there are,” “is there,” and “there is no.” These render the clause-level presence or absence rather than establishing a fixed English equivalent.