What does יָשַׁר · עַיִן · יָצַר mean in the Bible?
יָשַׁר · עַיִן · יָצַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "right in the potter’s eyes".
Hebrew · H3474, H5869, H3335
יָשַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הַיּוֹצֵר
To be straight or even ; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make ) right , pleasant , prosperous · an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) · to mould into a form; especially as a potter ; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
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יָשַׁרH3474to be straight or even ; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make ) right , pleasant , prosperous
Pronunciationhayšar
Straightness as moral and relational rightness: what is geometrically direct becomes ethically proper and divinely pleasing
Open lexicon entry →עַיִןH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יָצַרH3335to mould into a form; especially as a potter ; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Pronunciationyāṣar
Divine shaping of humanity and history—God's intentional formation of persons and purposes, not mere accident.
Open lexicon entry →What does יָשַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הַיּוֹצֵר (yashar beenei hayyotser) mean in the Bible?
יָשַׁר · עַיִן · יָצַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "right in the potter’s eyes".
Full entry for יָשַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הַיּוֹצֵר (H3474, H5869, H3335) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3474, H5869, H3335?
H3474, H5869, H3335 is connected to 988 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. right in the potter’s eyes
Source Gloss
right in the potter’s eyes
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 groups4Aligned forms19
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense7×
Perfect1Chr 13:4 · Jer 18:4 · Jer 27:5 · Hab 2:4 · Judg 14:3 · 1Kgs 9:126×
ImperfectNum 23:271×
Pielintensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action7×
ImperfectIsa 45:2 · Isa 45:13 · Prov 3:6 · Prov 15:21 · Prov 11:55×
Sequential imperfectIsa 40:31×
PerfectPs 119:1281×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action4×
Sequential imperfectPs 5:92×
ImperfectIsa 45:21×
JussiveProv 4:251×
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject1×
Participle passive1Kgs 6:351×
Word Origins
יָשַׁר בְּעֵינֵי הַיּוֹצֵר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.