Lexical Summary zara: to sow, scatter seed Original Word: זָרַעTransliteration: zara Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-rah') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to sow, scatter seed Meaning: to sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify Strong's Concordance bear, conceive seed, set with sower, yield A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify -- bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2232. zara I. זָרַע verb sow, scatter seed (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian zirû TPPrism vi. 15; Arabic ; Aramaic , זְרַע; Ethiopic but in Sabean דֿרא DHMZMG 1883, 15 and in proper name, Id. in MV10, pp. 242, 983) — Qal Perfect3masculine singular זָרַע Judges 6:3; 1singular וְזָרַעְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 31:27; suffix וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ consec Hosea 2:25; 3plural זָָֽרְעוּ 12:13; 2masculine plural זְרַעַתֶּם Haggai 1:6; וּזְרַעְתֶּם consecutive Genesis 47:23 2t.; Imperfect יִזְרָ֑ע Ecclesiastes 11:4; וַיִּזְרַע Genesis 26:12; suffix וַיִּזְרָעֶהָ Judges 9:45; 1singular אֶזְדְעָה Judg 31:8; suffix וְאֶזְרָעֵם Zechariah 10:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular זְרַע Ecclesiastes 11:6; masculine plural זִרְעוּ Hosea 10:12 2t.; Infinitive לִזְרֹעַ Isaiah 28:24; Participle active זֹרֵעַ 55:10 3t.; זזֹרֵעַ Proverbs 22:8; Jeremiah 50:16, etc.; Passive participle זָרֻעַ Psalm 97:11 (but on text see below); feminine זְרוּעָה Jeremiah 2:2; — 1 literally sow: a. absolute sow (seed), do one's sowing Judges 6:3; Genesis 26:12 (J), Isaiah 28:24 (after ploughing חרשׁ); כרמים ונטעו וקצרו זִרְעוּ 37:30 = 2 Kings 19:29; "" קצר also Micah 6:15; Leviticus 25:11 (H), Ecclesiastes 11:4; "" אסף Leviticus 25:20 (H); opposed to אכל Job 31:8; עלכֿלמֿים זֹרְעֵי Isaiah 32:20 (on construct compare Ges§ 130, 1); with הַשׁמינִת אתהֿשּׁנה Leviticus 25:22; followed by הַרְבֵּה Haggai 1:6 (opposed to מְעָ֑ט הָבֵא). b. with accusative of land אדמה Exodus 23:10 (J E; "" אסף), Genesis 47:23 (J); field (שׂדה) Leviticus 25:3 ("" אסף), compare 25:4; Psalm 107:37; as passive participle זְרוּעָה לֹא אֶרֶץ Jeremiah 2:2 ("" מִדְבָּר). c. with accusative of seed ׳ז אֶתזַֿרְעֲךָ Deuteronomy 11:10, compare 22:9; Jeremiah 35:7; Leviticus 26:16 (H) Ecclesiastes 11:6; followed by חִטִּים Jeremiah 12:13 ("" קצר); compare also בַּשָּׂדֶה תזרע אשׁר מַעֲשֶׂיךָ בִּכּוּרֵי Exodus 23:16 (JE). d. followed by 2 accusative כִּלְאַ֑יִם כַּרְמְךָ תזרע לֹא Deuteronomy 22:9; compare כִּלְאַיִם תִזְרַע לֹא שָׂדְךָ Leviticus 19:19 (H); אתהֿאדמה אשׁרתֿזדע זַרְעֲךָ Isaiah 30:23; also of destroyed city מֶ֑לַח וַיִּזְרָעֶהָ Judges 9:45. e. participle active as substantive זוֺרֵעַ Jeremiah 50:16 ("" קָציר בְּעֵת מַגָּל תֹּפֵשׂ); לַֹזּרֵעַ Isaiah 55:10 ("" לָאֹכֵל). 2 of shrub and tree producing, yielding seed, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:29 (twice in verse) (P), compare Hiph`il 3. figurative: a. of Yahweh's sowing (planting) Israel in the land בָארץ לי וזרעתיה Hosea 2:25 (We וזרעתיהו, object being Jezreel); on the other hand בָּעַמִּים וְאֶזְרָעֵם Zechariah 10:9. b. with 2 accusative, of Yahweh's fructifying Israel and Judah בהמה ואתבֿ ישׂראל אתבֿית ׳וזרעתי וזרע אדם זֶרַע יהודה Jeremiah 31:27. c. of moral action, לִצְדָקָה לָכֶם זִרְעוּ Hosea 10:12 ("" קצר); צדקה׳ז Proverbs 11:18; אֶלקֹֿצִים אַלתִּֿזְרְעוּ Jeremiah 4:3 sow not in among thorns (said of a few righteous deeds amid much wickedness); especially of evil-doing יִקְצֹ֑רוּ וְסוּפָתָה יזרעו רוּחַ Hosea 8:7; עָמָל זֹרְעֵי Job 4:8 ("" קצר); יקצוראָֿוֶן עַוְלָה זוֺרֵעַ Proverbs 22:8. d. of Israel's practising idolatry תִּזְרָעֶ֑נּוּ זָר זְמֹרַת Isaiah 17:10 (2 accusative) e. יִקְצֹ֑רוּ בְּרִנָּה בדמעה הזרעים Psalm 126:5 metaphor of distress followed by joy. f. לַצַּדִּיק זָרֻעַ אוֺר Psalm 97:11 read probably זָרַח, Vrss Ol Hu Bae Che and others Niph`al be sown, fructified, Perfect3feminine singular וְנִזְרְעָה consecutive Numbers 5:28; 2masculine plural וְנִזְרַעְתֶּם consecutive Ezekiel 36:9; Imperfect3masculine singular יִזָּרַע Nahum 1:14; יִזָּרֵ֑עַ Deuteronomy 21:4; Leviticus 11:37; 3feminine singular תִּזָּרַע Deuteronomy 29:22; — 1 be sown: a. subject תִזּ ׳לֹא תַּצְמִחַ ולא אֶרֶץ, Deuteronomy 29:22, compare (of אֵיתָן נַחַל) יִזּ ולא ׳בּוֺ יֵעָבֵּד לא 21:4; in address to וְנִזְרַעְתֶּם וְנֶעֱבַּדְתֶּם ישׂראל, הָרֵי Ezekiel 36:9. b. subject יִזָּרֵעַ אשׁר זֵרוּעַ זֶרַע זֶרַע, Leviticus 11:37 (P); figurative יִזּ ׳לֹא עוֺד מִשִּׁמְךָ Nahum 1:14 no more of thy name be sown, in judgment against Nineveh. 2 be fructified, made pregnant זָרַ֑ע וְנִזְרְעָה Numbers 5:28 (P; of woman). Pu`al Perfect3plural זֹרָ֑עוּ Isaiah 40:24 of princes and judges under figure of trees ("" גִּזְעָם בָּאָרֶץ שֹׁרֵשׁ נִטָּ֑עוּ,). Hiph`il Imperfect3feminine singular תַּזְרִיעַ Leviticus 12:2; Participle מַזְרִיעַ Genesis 1:11-12, — 1 produce seed, of herb, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:11-12, apparently denominative from זֶרַע; compare Qal 2. 2. of a woman, = bear a child זָכָר וְיָיָָֽלְדָה תַּזְרִיעַ Leviticus 12:2. זְרַע noun [masculine] seed (compare Biblical Hebrew I. זרע); — construct ׳ז אֲנָשָׁא Daniel 2:43 seed (offspring) of men. |