Lexicon
עָצַב
a.tsav
H6087B
H:V Hebrew

to shape

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.tsav denotes shaping or forming, whether cakes for an offering or a person made by God's hands.

The two attestations show shaping or forming in two concrete settings: making cakes in Jeremiah 44:19 and forming a person by hands in Job 10:8.

Senses in use

  1. Shaping or forming something made · dominant

    In Jeremiah 44:19, the Hiphil infinitive construct occurs in the question about making cakes and pouring out drink offerings; the APB renders the clause "to make cakes to shape her." In Job 10:8, the Piel perfect plural refers to hands acting upon the speaker; the APB renders, "Your hands shaped me and made me altogether round about."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "shape" for the cakes in Jeremiah 44:19 and "shaped" for the speaker in Job 10:8. These renderings confirm the verse-level context rather than establish separate senses.

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