יָצַר
yâtsar · yaw-tsar'
to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
- to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow
- figuratively, be in distress
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָצַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- distressed3 · 33%
- and distressed1 · 11%
- was so vexed1 · 11%
- shall be straitened1 · 11%
- he shall be in straits1 · 11%
- shall not be straitened1 · 11%
- shall even now be too narrow1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.