Once you have subscribed, go check your inbox for an email from Scriptural Grace and you will find your link for the Resource Library. Elohim: Biblical Meaning (Pronouncing) And Praying The Names Of God HERE, DAY 2. Adrian, Thank you for the feedback. Accessed 20 Feb 2023. 24 And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles. (Hophal) to be formed. It seems plausible that to the Hebrews the color red signified the rudiments or principal beginnings of civilization, which of course is a mere manifestation of the beginning of a wisdom tradition, or as we would call it today, the preservation of information (in a cultural expression). It is possible that the prophet is alluding to the well-known potters' kilns in the Hinnom Valley. Ra'ah: The LORD is my SHEPHERD - Hebrew Word Lessons Yatsar is a potter's term. But now, O Lord, thou art our father, we are the clay, and thou our potter, and we all are the work of thy hand (64:8). Many times prophets and preachers of the Bible used everyday experiences as object lessons to illustrate spiritual truths. Potter A maker of earthenware pots, dishes, and other vessels. This project was an illustration for the prophet, for God told hIm, 'O house of Israel as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand.' What can you do if you are in the firey kiln? Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! You are so loved by God. ; Assyrian u, id., Flood Tablet iii, 10.25) absolute Job 41:22 6t. The word potter could be translated as the one who formed us; the clay represents that which is pliable and submissive, and the potter represents the one who has absolute authority over the clay. Unlike the clay on the wheel, which has no free will of its own, we choose how we respond in the Potters hands. Here's a list of translations. Yatsar-The Potter: Biblical Meaning And Praying The Names Of God. and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. 16 So it is God who decides to show mercy. continue reading , In Israel the king, high priest and a prophet were anointed, and anointing was done with olive oil. Still, there is an important difference between the Hebrew sense of primality or chiefdom and that of us moderns. I am glad that my post was able to do the same for you. The Hebrew word for potter is yatsar, and over half the times it occurs in the Old Testament, it is translated as "form," "fashion," or "make." For example, it is the word God used when commissioning Jeremiah: "Before I formed (yatsar) you in the womb I knew you" (Jeremiah 1:5). He made us, and we are his. It could be that early sages thought this was a powerful word and somehow created "abracadabra" out of it and turned it into a "cure." Alternatively, the word might be derived from the Hebrew words for "father, son, and holy spirit": "ab, ben, and ruach hakodesh" respectively. After the clay was extracted from the ground, it was brought to the potter's shop where it was prepared. He said, 2 Go down to the potters shop, and I will speak to you there. 3 So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. The Grammarphobia Blog: The "potter" in "potter's field"