What does יָצַק (yāṣaq) mean in the Bible?
יָצַק (yāṣaq): From pouring liquid to casting metal to establishing something immovably firm—movement from flow to permanence.
Hebrew · H3332
יָצַק
Properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal ; by extension, to place firmly , to stiffen or grow hard
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יָצַק H3332
Pronunciation yāṣaq
What does יָצַק (yāṣaq) mean in the Bible?
יָצַק (yāṣaq): From pouring liquid to casting metal to establishing something immovably firm—movement from flow to permanence.
Full entry for יָצַק (H3332) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3332?
The BSB source-word alignment has 50 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Cast (3), pour (3), and he cast (2), and pour (2), had them cast (2).
Where does יָצַק (yāṣaq) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 28:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (8), Leviticus (8), 2 Kings (7), Job (7).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Cast 3× Exodus 25:12, 1 Kings 7:24, 2 Chronicles 4:3
pour 3× Leviticus 14:15, 2 Kings 9:3, Ezekiel 24:3
and he cast 2× Exodus 36:36, Exodus 37:3
and pour 2× Leviticus 2:6, 2 Kings 4:4
had them cast 2× 1 Kings 7:46, 2 Chronicles 4:17
He cast 2× Exodus 37:13, Exodus 38:5
He poured out 2× Leviticus 8:15, Leviticus 9:9
of cast metal 2× 1 Kings 7:33, 2 Chronicles 4:2
and anointed it 1× Genesis 35:14
and cast 1× Exodus 26:37
and pour [the water] 1× 1 Kings 18:34
and set it down 1× 2 Samuel 13:9
and spread them out 1× Joshua 7:23
And they poured it out 1× 2 Kings 4:40
And they set down 1× 2 Samuel 15:24
as hard 1× Job 41:24
by pouring 1× Exodus 29:7
hardens 1× Job 38:38
has anointed 1× Psalms 45:2
has been poured 1× Psalms 41:8
He also poured 1× Leviticus 8:12
He is to pour 1× Leviticus 2:1
He poured 1× Genesis 28:18
I will pour 1× Isaiah 44:3
I will pour out 1× Isaiah 44:3
is as hard 1× Job 41:24
is to pour 1× Leviticus 14:26
kept pouring 1× 2 Kings 4:5
of bronze 1× Job 37:18
Pour it out 1× 2 Kings 4:41
poured 1× Leviticus 21:10
poured it 1× 1 Samuel 10:1
ran out 1× 1 Kings 22:35
stand firm 1× Job 11:15
they are firm 1× Job 41:23
to pour 1× Numbers 5:15
used to cast 1× Exodus 38:27
used to pour 1× 2 Kings 3:11
were swept away 1× Job 22:16
where the young prophet poured 1× 2 Kings 9:6
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 28:18 וַיִּצֹ֥ק to He poured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 35:14 וַיִּצֹ֥ק to and anointed it Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 25:12 וְיָצַ֣קְתָּ to Cast Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 26:37 וְיָצַקְתָּ֣ to and cast Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 29:7 וְיָצַקְתָּ֖ to by pouring Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 36:36 וַיִּצֹ֣ק to and he cast Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 37:3 וַיִּצֹ֣ק to And he cast Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 37:13 וַיִּצֹ֣ק to He cast Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 38:5 וַיִּצֹ֞ק to he cast Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 38:27 לָצֶ֗קֶת to used to cast Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 28:18
Aligned rows 50
Books represented 14
Genesis 2 Exodus 8 Leviticus 8 Numbers 1 Joshua 1 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 2 1 Kings 5 2 Kings 7 2 Chronicles 3 Job 7 Psalms 2 Isaiah 2 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
וַיִּצֹ֥ק 4x way·yi·ṣōq Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, 1 Samuel 10:1, 2 Kings 9:6
וַיִּצֹ֣ק 3x way·yi·ṣōq Exodus 36:36, Exodus 37:3, Exodus 37:13
וְיָצַקְתָּ֣ 2x wə·yā·ṣaq·tā Exodus 26:37, 2 Kings 9:3
יוּצַ֥ק 2x yū·ṣaq Leviticus 21:10, Job 22:16
יָצ֣וּק 2x yā·ṣūq Job 41:24, Psalms 41:8
יְצָקָ֣ם 2x yə·ṣā·qām 1 Kings 7:46, 2 Chronicles 4:17
מוּצָֽק׃ 2x mū·ṣāq 1 Kings 7:33, Job 37:18
אֶצֹּ֤ק 1x ’eṣ·ṣōq Isaiah 44:3
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 10x Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 36:36, Exodus 37:3
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular 5x Exodus 25:12, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 29:7, Leviticus 2:6
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular 4x 1 Kings 7:33, 2 Chronicles 4:2, Job 11:15, Job 37:18
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 3x Leviticus 8:15, Leviticus 9:9, 2 Kings 3:11
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular 3x Job 41:23, Job 41:24, Psalms 41:8
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 2x Leviticus 2:1, Leviticus 14:15
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 2x Leviticus 21:10, Job 22:16
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular 2x 2 Kings 4:41, Ezekiel 24:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. From pouring liquid to casting metal to establishing something immovably firm—movement from flow to permanence.
Source Gloss
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal ; by extension, to place firmly , to stiffen or grow hard
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
From pouring liquid to casting metal to establishing something immovably firm—movement from flow to permanence.
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard BDB: pour Usage: cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 24
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 8×
Participle passive 1Kgs 7:16 · 1Kgs 7:33 · 2Chr 4:2 · Job 11:15 · Job 37:18 5×
Imperfect Job 22:16 · Lev 21:10 2×
Perfect Ps 45:3 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 14×
Participle passive 1Kgs 7:24 · 2Chr 4:3 · Job 41:15 · Job 41:16 · Ps 41:9 5×
Imperfect Isa 44:3 · Lev 14:26 · Num 5:15 4×
Perfect 2Kgs 3:11 · Lev 8:15 · Lev 9:9 3×
Sequential imperfect 2Kgs 4:41 · Ezek 24:3 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 2×
Participle active 2Kgs 4:5 2×
Word Origins
יָצַק is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain