יֵ֫צֶר (ye.tser) means “intention” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yay'-tser Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יֵ֫צֶר · ye.tser · intention
1) form, framing, purpose, framework 1a) form 1a1) pottery 1a2) graven image 1a3) man (as formed from the dust) 1b) purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)
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from H3335 (יָצַר); a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)
KJV glosses: frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| can the pottery | 1 |
| desire | 1 |
| every inclination | 1 |
| in his own creation | 1 |
| inclination | 1 |
| of mind | 1 |
| our frame | 1 |
| the intent | 1 |
| their inclination | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| all the imaginations | 1 |
| every imagination | 1 |
| for the imagination | 1 |
| in the imagination | 1 |
| me not or shall the thing framed | 1 |
| mind | 1 |
| of his work | 1 |
| our frame | 1 |
| their imagination | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 9 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
Read word by wordWhen the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
Read word by wordAnd when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
Read word by wordAs for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Read word by wordO LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
Read word by wordFor He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
Read word by wordYou will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Read word by wordYou have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
Read word by wordWhat use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
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