יָצַר (b. h.; cmp. צרר) to turn, shape, form. Keth. 8ᵃ (marriage benediction) אשר י׳ את וכ׳ who hast formed man in thine image. Ber. 58ᵇ (prayer in a burial place) אשר י׳ אתכם וכ׳ who created you in justice &c.; a. fr.—Part. יוֹצֵר (as noun, v. יוֹצֵר). Ib. 11ᵇ (in the morning prayer) י׳ אור בורא וכ׳ who didst form light and create darkness.—יוֹצֵר אוֹר or יוֹצֵר name of one of the benedictions preceding the reading of the morning Sh’ma. Ib.; ib. 12ᵃ; a. fr.
    Nif. - נוֹצָר to be formed, created; to be fully developed. Gen. R. s. 9 קודם עד שלא נוֹצְרָה מחשבה וכ׳ ere yet a thought is formed in the heart of man &c. Ib. קודם … נ׳ יצור, v. יְצִיר. Ab. II, 8 לכך נוֹצָרְתָּ for that purpose (of studying) thou hast been created. Ib. IV, 22. Gen. R. s. 14, beg.; Y. Yeb. IV, 5ᵈ top נ׳ לשבעה if the embryo was fully developed at seven months, contrad. to נולד, v. יָלַד. Yoma 85ᵃ; Sot. 45ᵇ מהיכן הוולד נ׳ from where does the formation of the embryo start?; a. fr.—V. צוּר.