Jastrow: צוּרָה

צוּרָה f. (b. h.; צוּר) 1) form, shape, figure; painting. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵈ כלי צ׳ a vessel with raised figures, v. גָּדַל II. Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵃ top [read:] תבשיל שנתלקלה צוּרָתוֹ a dish that has become defaced (looking repulsive). Tosef. Zeb. VII, 6 תעבר צוּרָתָהּ; Pes. VII, 9, a. e. תעובר צוּרָתוֹ let its appearance be gone, i.e. wait until the flesh looks disfigured by beginning decay. Nidd. 25ᵇ צוּרַת פנים the shape of a face. B. Bath. 54ᵃ הצר צ׳ וכ׳ if one draws a figure in the ground (or on the wall) of the estate of a deceased proselyte (as a symbol of possession). Gen. R. s. 73 עד שנשתנה צוּרָתָן until their features had changed (beyond recognition). Num. R. s. 9, beg. צורת הולד the features of the child (born in adultery); צ׳ הנואף the features of the adulterer. Ab. Zar. III, 3 צורת חמה a representation of the sun; צ׳ דרקון of a serpent (idolatrous emblems); a. fr.—Tosef. Meg. IV (III), 41, a. e. המתרגם פסוק כצורתו he who translates a Biblical verse as it is formed, i.e. word for word without regard to idiomatic differences.—Taan. 16ᵃ אדם של צ׳ a stately person. M. Kat. 9ᵃ אנשים של צ׳ worthy men; Yalk. Joh. 31 של צרות (corr. acc.).—Pl. צוּרוֹת. Y. Ab. Zar. III, beg. 42ᵇ; Tosef. Sabb. XVII (XVIII), 1 כתב המהלך תחת הצ׳ וכ׳ an inscription under paintings or busts; Sabb. 149ᵃ הצורה. Num. R. s. 9 צ׳ ביתך שחורות וכ׳ are the paintings in thy house portraits of black or of white persons? (Gen. R. s. 73 מראות); a. e.—[Yalk. Gen. 72 צורות היאור, v. צִנּוֹר.] —2) creature. Gen. R. s. 24, beg. (ref. to Is. XXIX, 16) גדול … שמדמין צ׳ ליוצרה great (bold) is the power of the prophets who represent the Creator under the form of the creature (by ref. to Dan. VIII, 16; Ez. I, 26); a. fr.