Jastrow: צוּר I

צוּר I m. (b. h.; צהר; cmp. טוּר) rock. Ex. R. s. 15 ומצא שם צ׳ גדול and found there a large rock; a. e.—Pl. צוּרִים. Ib. כאן … על הצ׳ הללו here I will build the fortress, on these rocks.—[Tosef. Pes. VII, 13 שומרי צו׳ ed. Zuck., read: צִירִים, v. צִיר II).—Trnsf. [Protection,] the Lord; (in Agadah derived from יָצַר; v. next w.) the Creator. Ber. 5ᵇ (ref. to Job XVIII, 4) אין צ׳ אלא הקב"ה tsur means the Holy One &c. (with ref. to Deut. XXXII, 18). Lev. R. s. 23 (ref. to Deut. l. c.) התשתם … יוצר you have weakened the power of the Creator. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XLIII מרד בצ׳ עליון rebelled against the Rock on high; a. fr.