Strong's Lexicon: H3332 יָצַק

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3332
Word:	יָצַק
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	51
Transliteration:	yatsaq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-tsak'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to pour out (transitive or intransitive) 2. (by implication) to melt or cast as metal 3. (by extension) to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
KJV Renderings:	cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.

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יָצַק verb pour, cast, flow (Talmud id.) —

Qal Perfect יְצַק Lev 8:15+ 2 t.; וְיָצַק consecutive Lev 2:1; Lev 14:15 suffix יְצָקָם 1Kgs 7:46; 2Chr 4:17, etc.; Imperfect יִצֹּק Lev 14:26; Num 5:15 וַיִּצֹּק Gen 28:18 + 8 t.; וַּ֫יִּצֶק 1Kgs 22:35 (intransitive sense); 3 feminine singular וַתִּצֹּק 2Sam 13:9 אֶצֹק Isa 44:3 אֶצָּקֿ Isa 44:3 וַיִּצְקוּ 2Kgs 4:40 Imperative יְצֹק Ezek 24:3 צַק 2Kgs 4:41 יִצְקוּ 1Kgs 18:34 Infinitive צֶ֫קֶת Exod 38:27; Job 38:38 Participle Passive יָצוּק Job 28:2 + 5 t.; plural יְצוּקִים 2Chr 4:3 יְצֻקִים 1Kgs 7:24 יְצֻקוֺת 1Kgs 7:30 —

1. pour, pour out, oil, in anointing, followed by accusative (שׁמן) + על Gen 28:18 ( E ), Gen 35:14 ( J ); followed by מִשֶּׁמֶן + לְ Lev 8:12 ( P ); followed by על (שׁמן implied from context) Exod 29:7 ( P ), 1Sam 10:1 ; 2Kgs 9:3 followed by שֶׁמֶן + אֶלֿ 2Kgs 9:6 figurative, with רוּחִי + על Isa 44:3 oil in sacrifice, + על Lev 2:1; Lev 2:6; Num 5:15 in cleansing, + על Lev 14:15; Lev 14:26 (upon his plam; all P ); oil into (על) vessels 2Kgs 4:4 water, for washing, + על 2Kgs 3:11 for drenching, + על 1Kgs 18:34 for boiling (into (בְּ) the caldron), symbolic, Ezek 24:3; Ezek 24:3 for satisfying thirst (figurative) + על Isa 44:3 blood (of sacrifice) + אֶליְֿסוֺד Lev 8:15; Lev 9:9 ( P ); pottage, for eating, 2Kgs 4:40; 2Kgs 4:41 cakes (לְבִבוֺת) 2Sam 13:9 figurative of disease יָצוּק בּוֺ Ps 41:9 infused into him (al. less probably as 3 molten, i.e. fixed upon).

2. cast (objects of metal) Exod 25:12; Exod 26:37; Exod 36:36; Exod 37:3; Exod 37:13; Exod 38:5; Exod 38:27 (all P ), 1Kgs 7:46 = 2Chr 4:17; 1Kgs 7:24; 1Kgs 7:30; 2Chr 4:3.

3. Passive participle as adjective figurative cast, hard, of crocodile's scales Job 41:15 of crocodile's heart v.Job 41:16 v.Job 41:16 (as stone).

4. intransitive flow, pour, only וַיִּ֫צֶק 1Kgs 22:35 (of blood), Job 38:38 בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיַּצִּ֫קוּ 2Sam 15:24 וַיַּצִּקֻם Josh 7:23 Participle>feminine מֹי֯צָ֑קֶת 2Kgs 4:5 — pour (oil) 2Kgs 4:5, figurative of shekels of silver, etc., pour out Josh 7:23 of the ark, 2Sam 15:24 set down (?); but read וַיַצִּיגוּ ( Dr Gr).

Hoph`al Perfect הוּצַק Ps 45:3 Imperfect יוּצַק Lev 21:10 ; Job 22:16 Participle מוּצָ֑ק 1Kgs 7:23 ; 1Kgs 7:33; 2Chr 4:2; Job 37:18 מֻצָק Job 11:15 construct מֻצַּק 1Kgs 7:16 —

1. be poured, subject שֶׁמֶן followed by לְ (in anointing), Lev 21:10 ( H ); figurative of foundation of wicked Job 22:16, see Di; of grace חֵן on lips, Ps 45:3 (followed by ב ), see Che.

2. Participle = cast, molten ׳ הים המ 1Kgs 7:23 = 2Chr 4:2 as predicate 1Kgs 7:33 construct as substantive מֻצַּק נְחשֶׁת 1Kgs 7:16 .

3. Participle, figurative firmly established, predicate of person, ׳ וְהָיִיתָ מ Job 11:15 and thou shalt be established (|| לֹא תִירָא).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יצק (yah-tzak’)

Exodus 25:12

KJV: And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

EHCC: And thow shalt cast four rings

Leviticus 2:1

KJV: And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

EHCC: ead Ee tnt bows of upon it,

1 Kings 7:46

KJV: In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.in…: Heb. in the thickness of the ground

EHCC: plain of Jordan did the king cast them, /

2 Kings 3:11

KJV: But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

EHCC: which poured water on the hands of

2 Chronicles 4:17

KJV: In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.clay…: Heb. thicknesses of the ground

EHCC: plain of Jordan did the Eng cast them,

Exodus 38:27

KJV: And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

EHCC: the hundred talents of silver were cast

Job 33:38

EHCC: When the dust groweth into hardness,

1 Kings 18:93

EHCC: (34).and pour (it) on the burnt sacrifice,

2 Kings 4:41

KJV: But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.harm: Heb. evil thing

EHCC: Pour out for the People, that they may

Exodus 36:36

KJV: And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

EHCC: and he cast for them four sockets of

Leviticus 8:12

KJV: And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

EHCC: And he poured of the anointing oil upon

Numbers 5:15

KJV: Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

EHCC: he shall pour no oil upon it,

1 Samuel 10:1

KJV: Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

EHCC: Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured (it)

1 Kings 22:35

KJV: And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.increased: Heb. ascendedmidst: Heb. bosom

EHCC: and the blood ran out of the wound

1 Kings 7:24

KJV: And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

EHCC: the knops (were) cast in two rows,

2 Chronicles 4:3

KJV: And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

EHCC: Two rows of oxen (were) cast, /

Job 41:23

KJV: The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.flakes: Heb. fallings

EHCC: (15). they are, in themselres

Joshua 7:93

EHCC: and laid them out before the Lond.

Psalms 45:2

KJV: Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

EHCC: (3). grace is poured into thy lips:

Leviticus 21:10

KJV: And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

EHCC: whose besd the anointing oil was pour,

Job 22:16

KJV: Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:whose…: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation

EHCC: whose foundation was overflows wih ג

2 Kings 4:5

KJV: So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

EHCC: ahe went from him,...and she poured at.

2 Chronicles 4:2

KJV: Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim

EHCC: he made a molten sea

Job 11:15

KJV: For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

EHCC: yea, thou shalt ם

Job 37:18

KJV: Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

EHCC: a8 a molten looking glass?

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