יציר
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| י־צ־ר (y-ts-r) |
| 11 terms |
Formed in Late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages from יָצַר (yatsár, “to create, form”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /jeˈt͡siʁ/
Noun
יְצִיר • (y'tsir) m (plural indefinite יְצִירִים, singular construct יְצִיר־, plural construct יְצִירֵי־) [pattern: קְטִיל]
- creature, creation (used of things created by God)
- c. 1400, Adon Olam:
- אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּטֶרֶם כָּל יְצִיר נִבְרָא.
- Eternal master, who reigned supreme, before any creation was created.
- c. 845, Pesikta Rabbati, chapter 47:
- שמא אתה גדול מן האדם יציר (כפים) [כפיי] שעל מצוה אחת שביטל גזרתי עליו מיתה ועל תולדותיו
- Perhaps you are greater than Adam, [who is] a creation of my hands; in place of one commandment that he set aside, I decreed death upon him and his descendants.
- c. 1400, Adon Olam:
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | יְצִיר | first | יְצִירִי | יְצִירֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַיְּצִיר | second | יְצִירְךָ | יְצִירֵךְ | יְצִירְכֶם | יְצִירְכֶן | |
| construct | יְצִיר־ | third | יְצִירוֹ | יְצִירָהּ | יְצִירָם | יְצִירָן | |
| plural | indefinite | יְצִירִים | first | יציריי / יְצִירַי | יְצִירֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַיְּצִירִים | second | יְצִירֶיךָ | יצירייך / יְצִירַיִךְ | יְצִירֵיכֶם | יְצִירֵיכֶן | |
| construct | יְצִירֵי־ | third | יְצִירָיו | יְצִירֶיהָ | יְצִירֵיהֶם | יְצִירֵיהֶן | |
References
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “יְצִיר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 263a
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 589a