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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יָשַׁר H3474 to be straight or even ; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make ) right , pleasant , prosperous
Pronunciation hayšar
Straightness as moral and relational rightness: what is geometrically direct becomes ethically proper and divinely pleasing
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יָצַר H3335 to mould into a form; especially as a potter ; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Pronunciation yāṣar
Divine shaping of humanity and history—God's intentional formation of persons and purposes, not mere accident.
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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".
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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 groups 4 Aligned forms 19
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 7×
Perfect 1Chr 13:4 · Jer 18:4 · Jer 27:5 · Hab 2:4 · Judg 14:3 · 1Kgs 9:12 6×
Imperfect Num 23:27 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 7×
Imperfect Isa 45:2 · Isa 45:13 · Prov 3:6 · Prov 15:21 · Prov 11:5 5×
Sequential imperfect Isa 40:3 1×
Perfect Ps 119:128 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 4×
Sequential imperfect Ps 5:9 2×
Imperfect Isa 45:2 1×
Jussive Prov 4:25 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Participle passive 1Kgs 6:35 1×
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.
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