The meaning of “יֵצֶר”
Understanding yêtser reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work. - a form - figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose) 1) form, framing, purpo...
יֵצֶר
frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work. - a form - figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose) 1) form, framing, purpose, framework 1a) form 1a1) pottery 1a2) graven image 1a3) man (as formed from the dust) 1b) purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 8:21 | “And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.” Word: יֵצֶר (yêtser) | |
| Deuteronomy 31:21 | “And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.” Word: יֵצֶר (yêtser) | |
| 1 Chronicles 29:18 | “O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:” Word: יֵצֶר (yêtser) | |
| Psalms 103:14 | “For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” Word: יֵצֶר (yêtser) | |
| Isaiah 29:16 | “Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?” Word: יֵצֶר (yêtser) |
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