יְצִיר, (יָצוּר) m. (יָצַר) 1) creature, creation. Gen. R. s. 9 (ref. to I Chr. XXVIII, 9) קודם עד שלא נולד יצור וכ׳ ere yet a human creature is formed, his thought is revealed before thee; Midr. Sam. ch. V; Yalk. Chr. 1080 יציר. Pesik. R. s. 47 האדם י׳ כפיי Adam, the formation of my hands; Koh. R. to III, 11 י׳ כפי. Keth. 8ᵃ כשמחך יְצִירְךָ וכ׳ as thou didst rejoice thy creature (Adam) in the garden &c.—Pl. יְצִירִים, (יְצוּ׳). Pesik. R. s. 26 אחד מארבעה יצו׳ … one of the four persons that are called divine creations (concerning whom the verb יצר is used in the Scriptures); Yalk. Jer. 262 יצי׳. —2) v. יְצִירִין