The meaning of “יָצַר”
Understanding yâtsar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably identical with יָצַר (through the squeezing into shape); (compare יַצַע) [idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame,...
יָצַר
probably identical with יָצַר (through the squeezing into shape); (compare יַצַע) [idiom] earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose. - to mould into a form - especially as apotter - figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution) 1) to form, fashion, frame 1a) (Qal) to form, fashion 1a1) of human activity 1a2) of divine activity 1a2a) of creation 1a2a1) of original creation 1a2a2) of individuals at conception 1a2a3) of Israel as a people 1a2b) to frame, pre-ordain, plan (fig. of divine) purpose of a situation) 1b) (Niphal) to be formed, be created 1c) (Pual) to be predetermined, be pre-ordained 1d) (Hophal) to be formed
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:8 | “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” Word: יָצַר (yâtsar) | |
| 2 Kings 19:25 | “Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.” Word: יָצַר (yâtsar) | |
| Psalms 94:20 | “Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?” Word: יָצַר (yâtsar) | |
| Jeremiah 18:6 | “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.” Word: יָצַר (yâtsar) | |
| Amos 7:1 | “Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.” Word: יָצַר (yâtsar) |
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