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Jezer

יֵ֫צֶרStrong’s H3337

yetser (ye-tser)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yetser is the Hebrew word usually translated “jezer”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.”
Genesis 46:24 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.24
How it's translated
  • and jezer 2
  • of jezer 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • Numbers 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יֵ֫צֶר yetser · Jezer

A man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.24; son of: Naphtali (H5321); brother of: Jahzeel (H3183), Guni (H1476) and Shillem (H8006) Also named: yits.ri (יִצְרִי "Jezerite" H3340) § Jezer = "forming" the 3rd son of Naphtali and the founder of the family of Jezerites

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.