H3335I

יָצַר

ya.tsarH:V

to form: plan

: plan 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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יָצַר verb form, fashion (Late Hebrew in participle יוֺצֵר potter, creator, and derivatives; Phoenician יצר potter; ᵑ7 יצר Syriac = יֵצֶר etc.; Arabic covenant, contract; Assyrian êƒêru, as Hebrew, Dl^{HWB 309}) —

Qal Perfect ׳י Isa 44:10 יָצָ֑ר Gen 2:8 suffix יְצָרָהּ Isa 45:18 2 masculine יָצַרְתָּ Ps 104:26 + 8 t. Perfect; Imperfect 3 masculine וַיִּ֫יצֶר Gen 2:7 וַיִּ֫צֶר vGen 2:19 suffix יִצְּרֵהוּ Isa 44:12 1 singular suffix אֶצֳּו֯רְךָ Jer 1:5 Participle יוֺצֵר Isa 41:25 + 20 t.; יֹצֵר Isa 45:18 + 6 t.; suffix יֹצְרִי Isa 49:5 + 11 t. suffix; plural יוֺצְרִים Isa 30:14; 1Chr 4:23 construct יֹצְרֵי Isa 44:9 —

1. of human activity:
a. of a potter who forms out of clay a vessel Isa 29:16; Isa 41:25; Jer 18:4 (twice in verse); Jer 18:6 (twice in verse); 1Chr 4:23; Lam 4:2; Zech 11:13 (twice in verse) (these last two according to Thes SS et al. error for אוֺצָר); ׳כְּלִי (ה)י potter's vessel 2Sam 17:28; Ps 2:9; Jer 19:11 ׳חֹמֶר הי potter's clay Isa 29:16 ׳נֵבֶל י Isa 30:14 ׳בַּקְבֻּק י Jer 19:1 ׳בית הי Jer 18:2; Jer 18:3.
b. of a carver of wood, graven images Isa 44:9; Isa 44:10; Isa 44:12; Hab 2:18 (twice in verse).
c. frame, devise in the mind עָמָל ׳י Ps 94:20.

2. of divine activity:
a. (as a potter) forming Adam out of עפר from אדמה Gen 2:7; Gen 2:8 (J), beasts and birds, also from אדמה vGen 2:19 (J); Israel as a people Isa 27:11; Isa 43:1; Isa 43:21; Isa 44:21; Isa 45:9 (twice in verse); Isa 45:11; Isa 64:7, even from the womb Isa 44:2; Isa 44:24 the servant of Yahweh from the womb Isa 49:5 of the formation of the individual man Isa 43:7 Jeremiah in the womb Jer 1:5 the eye of man Ps 94:9 the locust Amos 7:1 Leviathan Ps 104:26 the dry land Ps 95:5 the earth Isa 45:18 (twice in verse); the mountains Amos 4:13 הַכֹּל Jer 10:16 = Jer 51:19. Figurative perhaps lost sight of in some of the above, and quite certainly in the forming of light Isa 45:7, of summer and winter Ps 74:17, the רוּחַ of man Zech 12:1, and the לב of men Ps 33:15.
b. figurative for frame, pre-ordain, plan (in divine purpose), of a situation מֵרָחוֺק Isa 22:11 of an occurrence מִימֵי קֶדֶם Isa 37:26 = 2Kgs 19:25 יָצַרְתִּי אַף אֶעֱשֶׂנָּה I have planned, I will also do it 2Kgs 46:11 רעה על ׳י Jer 18:11 לַהֲכִינָהּ ׳י devised it to establish it Jer 33:2. Niph`al Perfect לְפָנַי לֹאנֿוֺצַר אֵל Isa 43:10 before me a god was not formed (created). Pu`al Perfect יָמִים יצָֻּ֑רוּ days (that) were pre-ordained (in the divine purpose) Ps 139:16 (compare Qal, 2 b). Hoph`al Imperfect כָּלכְּֿלִי יוּצַר עָלַיִךְ לֹא יִצְלָ֑ח Isa 54:17 any weapon that is formed against thee will not prosper.

IV. [צוּר] verb fashion, delineate (Late Hebrew id.; so Aramaic צוּר, , ; picture, Sabean צור, plural צורת Hom^Chrest.125 Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. 14.15}; Arabic is loan-word according to Frä²⁷²); — Perfect 2 masculine singular וְצַרְתָּ֫ Ezek 43:11 (for ᵑ0 צוּרַת) according to ᵐ5. We Sm Co Toy Berthol Krae, and thou shalt delineate the house (compare הַגֵּד vEzek 43:10, הוֺדַע וּכְתֹב vEzek 43:11); Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיָּ֫צַר אֹתוֺ בַּחֶרֶט Exod 32:4 (E) and fashioned it [the gold] with a graving-tool; וַיָּ֫צַר אֶתשְֿׁנֵי הָֹעַמּוּדִים 1Kgs 7:15 (+ accusative mater.), read (יצק) וַיִּצֹּק, so ᵐ5 SS Kit Benz compare Th; 1 singular suffix אצורך Jer 1:5 Kt, see יצר

6 occurrences

II Kings (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1)