Strong's Definition
probably identical with 3334 (through the squeezing into shape); ((compare 3331)); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
KJV Usage: X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָצַר (ya.tsar) — to form: formed. : formed 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
יָצַר (ya.tsar) — to form: potter. : potter 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
יָצַר (ya.tsar) — 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · יצר
verb · יֹוצֵר · יֵצֶר · יְצֻרִים
Exist | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al, verb hof | ≈ ברא · עשׂה · פעל
to form, to fashion = causative action by which humans or deities create an object, ◄ described as an artisan shaping clay into an artifact
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Happen | verb qal
to form, to frame literally: to form; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause a certain pattern of events to take place, ◄ described as an artisan shaping clay into an artifact
1 PSA 139:16 NJPS "in due time they (= my unformed limbs) were formed" = [1a] | RSV NRSV ESV "the days that were formed for me" NIV "the days ordained for me" = [1b] 2 JER 1:5 MT-K אצורך | MT-Q אֶצָּרְךָ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָצַר vb. form, fashion Qal of human activity
of divine activity
Niph. before me a god was not formed (created)
Pu. days (that) were pre-ordained (in divine purpose)
Hoph. any weapon that is formed against thee will not prosper.
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