Jeremiah 18:4:8Jer.18.4.W8TAB
הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר
hayotser
“the potter or the one forming”
- Transliteration
- ha-yo-TSER
- Extended
- hah-yoh-TSEHR
- IPA
- /haj.joːˈtseːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the potter or the one forming
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-yo-TSER
- phraseyour reading level
be-YAD ha-yo-TSER
- clause
ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER
- sentence
ve-nish-KHAT ha-ke-LI a-SHER HU O-se ba-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ve-SHAV va-ya-a-SE-HU ke-LI a-KHER ka-a-SHER ya-SHAR be-E-ne ha-yo-TSER la-a-SOT
Exegesis
Prepositional phrases ba-khomer {בַּחֹמֶר | ba-ḥō-mer} ‘with the clay’ and bə-yad ha-yotser {בְּיַד הַיּוֹצֵר | bə-yad hay-yō-ṣēr} ‘in the hand of the potter’ assign material and agency.
The conjunction wayyiqtol in wa-ya-ʿă-seh-hū {וַיַּעֲשֵׂ֙ה֙וּ | wa-ya-ʿă-seh-hū} marks a deliberate corrective action, linking to the comparative clause ka-ʾă-šer yā-šar {כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשַׁר | ka-ʾă-šer yā-šar} ‘as seemed right’, which, modified by bə-ʿê-nê ha-yotser {בְּעֵינֵי הַיּוֹצֵ֖ר | bə-ʿê-nê hay-yō-ṣēr} ‘in the eyes of the potter’, highlights the artisan’s judgment in reshaping the clay into its new form.
Root and etymology
y-ṣ-ryod–tsade–resh
“to form, shape”
In context — Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel he was making from the clay in the hand of the potter was ruined, so he reworked it and made it into another vessel as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר (hayotser) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.18.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.4.W8.S1) and character.