יָצַר

H3335. yatsar
יָצַר verb form, fashion (Late Hebrew in participle יוֺצֵר potter, creator, and derivatives; Phoenician יצר potter; יצר ᵑ7 Syriac = יֵצֶר etc.; Arabic covenant, contract; Assyrian êƒêru, as Hebrew, DlHWB 309) —
Qal Perfect ׳י Isa 44:10; יָצָ֑ר Gen 2:8; suffix יְצָרָהּ Isa 45:18; Isa 45:2masculine יָצַרְתָּ Psa 104:26 Psa 104:8t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine וַיִּ֫יצֶר Gen 2:7; וַיִּ֫צֶר Gen 2:19; suffix יִצְּרֵהוּ Isa 44:12; Isa 44:1singular suffix אֶצֳּו֯רְךָ Jer 1:5; Participle יוֺצֵר Isa 41:25 Isa 41:20t.; יֹצֵר Isa 45:18 Isa 45:6t.; suffix יֹצְרִי Isa 49:5 Isa 49:11t. suffix; plural יוֺצְרִים Isa 30:14; 1Ch 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); 1Ch 4:23; Lam 4:2; Zec 11:13 (twice in verse) (these last two according to Thes SS et al. error for אוֺצָר); (ה)י ׳כְּלִי potter's vessel 2Sa 17:28; Psa 2:9; Jer 19:11; הי ׳חֹמֶר potter's clay Isa 29:16; י ׳נֵבֶל Isa 30:14; י ׳בַּקְבֻּק Jer 19:1 הי ׳בית Jer 18:2-3,.
b. of a carver of wood, graven images Isa 44:9-10, Isa 44:12; Hab 2:18 (twice in verse).
c. frame, devise in the mind ׳י עָמָל Psa 94:20.
2 of divine activity:
a. (as a potter) forming Adam out of עפר from אדמה Gen 2:7-8, (J), beasts and birds, also from אדמה Gen 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 Psa 94:9; the locust Amo 7:1; Leviathan Psa 104:26; the dry land Psa 95:5; the earth Isa 45:18 (twice in verse); the mountains Amo 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 Psa 74:17, the רוּחַ of man Zec 12:1, and the לב of men Psa 33:15.
b. figurative for frame, pre-ordain, plan (in divine purpose), of a situation מֵרָחוֺק Isa 22:11; of an occurrence קֶדֶם מִימֵי Isa 37:26 = 2Ki 19:25; אֶעֱשֶׂנָּה אַף יָצַרְתִּי I have planned, I will also do it 2Ki 46:11; ׳י על רעה Jer 18:11; ׳י לַהֲכִינָהּ devised it to establish it Jer 33:2.
Niph`al Perfect אֵל לֹאנֿוֺצַר לְפָנַי Isa 43:10 before me a god was not formed (created).
Pu`al Perfect יצָֻּ֑רוּ יָמִים days (that) were pre-ordained (in the divine purpose) Psa 139:16 (compare Qal, 2 b).
Hoph`al Imperfect יִצְלָ֑ח לֹא עָלַיִךְ יוּצַר כָּלכְּֿלִי Isa 54:17 any weapon that is formed against thee will not prosper.