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זָרַע verb sow, scatter seed (Late Hebrew
id.; Assyrian
zirû TP
Prism vi. 15; Arabic
; Aramaic
,
זְרַע; Ethiopic
but in Sabean
דֿרא DHM
ZMG 1883, 15 and in proper name, Id. in MV
10, pp. 242, 983) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular זָרַע Judges 6:3; 1singular וְזָרַעְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 31:27; suffix וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ consec Hosea 2:25; 3plural זָָֽרְעוּ Jeremiah 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 Isaiah 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); זִרְעוּ וקצרו ונטעו כרמים Isaiah 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; זֹרְעֵי עלכֿלמֿים Isaiah 32:20 (on construct compare Ges§ 130, 1); with אתהֿשּׁנה הַשׁמינִת Leviticus 25:22; followed by הַרְבֵּה Haggai 1:6 (opposed to הָבֵא מְעָ֑ט).
b. with accusative of land אדמה Exodus 23:10 (J E; "" אסף), Genesis 47:23 (J); field (שׂדה) Leviticus 25:3 ("" אסף), compare Leviticus 25:4; Psalm 107:37; as passive participle אֶרֶץ לֹא זְרוּעָה Jeremiah 2:2 ("" מִדְבָּר).
c. with accusative of seed אֶתזַֿרְעֲךָ ׳ז Deuteronomy 11:10, compare Deuteronomy 22:9; Jeremiah 35:7; Leviticus 26:16 (H) Ecclesiastes 11:6; followed by חִטִּים Jeremiah 12:13 ("" קצר); compare also בִּכּוּרֵי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ אשׁר תזרע בַּשָּׂדֶה Exodus 23:16 (JE).
d. followed by 2 accusative לֹא תזרע כַּרְמְךָ כִּלְאַ֑יִם Deuteronomy 22:9; compare שָׂדְךָ לֹא תִזְרַע כִּלְאַיִם Leviticus 19:19 (H); זַרְעֲךָ אשׁרתֿזדע אתהֿאדמה Isaiah 30:23; also of destroyed city וַיִּזְרָעֶהָ מֶ֑לַח Judges 9:45.
e. participle active as substantive זוֺרֵעַ Jeremiah 50:16 ("" תֹּפֵשׂ מַגָּל בְּעֵת קָציר); 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 וזרעתיה לי בָארץ Hosea 2:25 (We וזרעתיהו, object being Jezreel); on the other hand וְאֶזְרָעֵם בָּעַמִּים Zechariah 10:9.
b. with 2 accusative, of Yahweh's fructifying Israel and Judah יהודה זֶרַע אדם וזרע ׳וזרעתי אתבֿית ישׂראל ואתבֿ בהמה Jeremiah 31:27.
c. of moral action, זִרְעוּ לָכֶם לִצְדָקָה Hosea 10:12 ("" קצר); צדקה׳ז Proverbs 11:18; אַלתִּֿזְרְעוּ אֶלקֹֿצִים Jeremiah 4:3 sow not in among thorns (said of a few righteous deeds amid much wickedness); especially of evil-doing רוּחַ יזרעו וְסוּפָתָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ Hosea 8:7; זֹרְעֵי עָמָל Job 4:8 ("" קצר); זוֺרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצוראָֿוֶן Proverbs 22:8.
d. of Israel's practising idolatry זְמֹרַת זָר תִּזְרָעֶ֑נּוּ Isaiah 17:10 (2 accusative)
e. הזרעים בדמעה בְּרִנָּה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ Psalm 126:5 metaphor of distress followed by joy.
f. אוֺר זָרֻעַ לַצַּדִּיק 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 אֶרֶץ, ולא תַּצְמִחַ ׳לֹא תִזּ Deuteronomy 29:22, compare (of נַחַל אֵיתָן) לא יֵעָבֵּד ׳בּוֺ ולא יִזּ Deuteronomy 21:4; in address to הָרֵי ישׂראל, וְנֶעֱבַּדְתֶּם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּם Ezekiel 36:9.
b. subject זֶרַע, זֶרַע זֵרוּעַ אשׁר יִזָּרֵעַ Leviticus 11:37 (P); figurative מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֺד ׳לֹא יִזּ Nahum 1:14 no more of thy name be sown, in judgment against Nineveh.
2 be fructified, made pregnant וְנִזְרְעָה זָרַ֑ע Numbers 5:28 (P; of woman).
Pu`al Perfect3plural זֹרָ֑עוּ Isaiah 40:24 of princes and judges under figure of trees ("" נִטָּ֑עוּ, שֹׁרֵשׁ בָּאָרֶץ גִּזְעָם).
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 תַּזְרִיעַ וְיָיָָֽלְדָה זָכָר Leviticus 12:2.
זְרַע noun [masculine] seed (compare Biblical Hebrew I. זרע); — construct אֲנָשָׁא ׳ז Daniel 2:43 seed (offspring) of men.
Strong's Hebrew: 2232. זָרַע (zara) — 56 Occurrences
Genesis 1:11
HEB: דֶּ֔שֶׁא עֵ֚שֶׂב מַזְרִ֣יעַ זֶ֔רַע עֵ֣ץ
NAS: plants yielding seed,
KJV: the herb yielding seed,
INT: vegetation plants yielding seed trees
Genesis 1:12
HEB: דֶּ֠שֶׁא עֵ֣שֶׂב מַזְרִ֤יעַ זֶ֙רַע֙ לְמִינֵ֔הוּ
NAS: plants yielding seed
KJV: [and] herb yielding seed
INT: vegetation plants yielding seed their kind
Genesis 1:29
HEB: כָּל־ עֵ֣שֶׂב ׀ זֹרֵ֣עַ זֶ֗רַע אֲשֶׁר֙
NAS: plant yielding seed
KJV: you every herb bearing seed,
INT: every plant yielding seed which
Genesis 1:29
HEB: פְרִי־ עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע לָכֶ֥ם
NAS: has fruit yielding seed;
KJV: of a tree yielding seed;
INT: has fruit tree yielding seed shall be
Genesis 26:12
HEB: וַיִּזְרַ֤ע יִצְחָק֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ
NAS: Now Isaac sowed in that land
KJV: Then Isaac sowed in that land,
INT: sowed now Isaac land
Genesis 47:23
HEB: לָכֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־ הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: [here] is seed for you, and you may sow the land.
KJV: [here is] seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
INT: now is seed may sow the land
Exodus 23:10
HEB: וְשֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים תִּזְרַ֣ע אֶת־ אַרְצֶ֑ךָ
NAS: You shall sow your land for six
KJV: years thou shalt sow thy land,
INT: six years shall sow your land and gather
Exodus 23:16
HEB: מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּזְרַ֖ע בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְחַ֤ג
NAS: [from] what you sow in the field;
KJV: of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field:
INT: of your labors what sow the field the Feast
Leviticus 11:37
HEB: זֵר֖וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִזָּרֵ֑עַ טָה֖וֹר הֽוּא׃
NAS: which is to be sown, it is clean.
KJV: seed which is to be sown, it [shall be] clean.
INT: sowing which is to be sown is clean he
Leviticus 12:2
HEB: אִשָּׁה֙ כִּ֣י תַזְרִ֔יעַ וְיָלְדָ֖ה זָכָ֑ר
NAS: a woman gives birth and bears
KJV: If a woman have conceived seed, and born
INT: A woman When gives and bears A male
Leviticus 19:19
HEB: שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־ תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד
NAS: of your cattle; you shall not sow your field
KJV: with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field
INT: your field nor sow kinds A garment
Leviticus 25:3
HEB: שֵׁ֤שׁ שָׁנִים֙ תִּזְרַ֣ע שָׂדֶ֔ךָ וְשֵׁ֥שׁ
NAS: years you shall sow your field,
KJV: years thou shalt sow thy field,
INT: Six years shall sow your field and six
Leviticus 25:4
HEB: שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א
NAS: to the LORD; you shall not sow your field
KJV: for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field,
INT: your field nor sow your vineyard nor
Leviticus 25:11
HEB: לָכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔עוּ וְלֹ֤א תִקְצְרוּ֙
NAS: as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor
KJV: year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap
INT: shall have nor sow nor reap
Leviticus 25:20
HEB: הֵ֚ן לֹ֣א נִזְרָ֔ע וְלֹ֥א נֶאֱסֹ֖ף
NAS: if we do not sow or gather
KJV: year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather
INT: if not sow or gather
Leviticus 25:22
HEB: וּזְרַעְתֶּ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַשָּׁנָ֣ה
NAS: When you are sowing the eighth year,
KJV: And ye shall sow the eighth year,
INT: are sowing year the eighth
Leviticus 26:16
HEB: וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם
NAS: to pine away; also, you will sow your seed
KJV: of heart: and ye shall sow your seed
INT: to pine the soul will sow uselessly your seed
Numbers 5:28
HEB: הִ֑וא וְנִקְּתָ֖ה וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה זָֽרַע׃
NAS: she will then be free and conceive children.
KJV: then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
INT: she will then be free and conceive children
Deuteronomy 11:10
HEB: מִשָּׁ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּזְרַע֙ אֶֽת־ זַרְעֲךָ֔
NAS: where you used to sow your seed
KJV: from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed,
INT: in it where to sow your seed and water
Deuteronomy 21:4
HEB: בּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִזָּרֵ֑עַ וְעָֽרְפוּ־ שָׁ֥ם
NAS: has not been plowed or sown, and shall break
KJV: which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off
INT: been plowed or sown and shall break there
Deuteronomy 22:9
HEB: לֹא־ תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם
NAS: You shall not sow your vineyard
KJV: Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard
INT: shall not sow your vineyard two
Deuteronomy 22:9
HEB: הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃
NAS: which you have sown and the increase
KJV: of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit
INT: of the seed which have sown and the increase of the vineyard
Deuteronomy 29:23
HEB: אַרְצָהּ֒ לֹ֤א תִזָּרַע֙ וְלֹ֣א תַצְמִ֔חַ
KJV: [and] burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth,
INT: land is not sown nor beareth
Judges 6:3
HEB: וְהָיָ֖ה אִם־ זָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעָלָ֨ה
NAS: Israel had sown, that the Midianites
KJV: And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites
INT: it was when had sown Israel come
Judges 9:45
HEB: אֶת־ הָעִ֔יר וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ מֶֽלַח׃ פ
NAS: the city and sowed it with salt.
KJV: the city, and sowed it with salt.
INT: razed the city and sowed salt
2 Kings 19:29
HEB: וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗ית זִרְע֧וּ וְקִצְר֛וּ וְנִטְע֥וּ
NAS: year sow, reap,
KJV: year sow ye, and reap,
INT: year the third sow reap plant
Job 4:8
HEB: חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְזֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃
NAS: iniquity And those who sow trouble
KJV: iniquity, and sow wickedness,
INT: plow iniquity sow trouble harvest
Job 31:8
HEB: אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל
NAS: Let me sow and another eat,
KJV: [Then] let me sow, and let another
INT: sow and another eat
Psalm 97:11
HEB: א֭וֹר זָרֻ֣עַ לַצַּדִּ֑יק וּֽלְיִשְׁרֵי־
NAS: Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous
KJV: Light is sown for the righteous,
INT: Light is sown the righteous the upright
Psalm 107:37
HEB: וַיִּזְרְע֣וּ שָׂ֭דוֹת וַיִּטְּע֣וּ
NAS: And sow fields and plant
KJV: And sow the fields, and plant
INT: and sow fields and plant
Psalm 126:5
HEB: הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים בְּדִמְעָ֗ה בְּרִנָּ֥ה
NAS: Those who sow in tears shall reap
KJV: They that sow in tears shall reap
INT: sow tears joyful
Proverbs 11:18
HEB: פְעֻלַּת־ שָׁ֑קֶר וְזֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר
NAS: wages, But he who sows righteousness
KJV: work: but to him that soweth righteousness
INT: work deceptive sows righteousness wages
Proverbs 22:8
HEB: זוֹרֵ֣עַ עַ֭וְלָה [יִקְצֹור־
NAS: He who sows iniquity will reap
KJV: He that soweth iniquity shall reap
INT: sows iniquity will reap
Ecclesiastes 11:4
HEB: ר֖וּחַ לֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ע וְרֹאֶ֥ה בֶעָבִ֖ים
NAS: the wind will not sow and he who looks
KJV: the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth
INT: the wind will not sow looks the clouds
Ecclesiastes 11:6
HEB: בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ זְרַ֣ע אֶת־ זַרְעֶ֔ךָ
NAS: Sow your seed in the morning
KJV: In the morning sow thy seed,
INT: the morning Sow your seed the evening
Isaiah 17:10
HEB: וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: plants And set them with vine slips
KJV: plants, and shalt set it with strange
INT: vine of a strange and set
Isaiah 28:24
HEB: יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ לִזְרֹ֑עַ יְפַתַּ֥ח וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד
NAS: continually to plant seed? Does he [continually] turn
KJV: all day to sow? doth he open
INT: the farmer plow to plant open and harrow
Isaiah 30:23
HEB: זַרְעֲךָ֜ אֲשֶׁר־ תִּזְרַ֣ע אֶת־ הָאֲדָמָ֗ה
NAS: which you will sow in the ground,
KJV: of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground
INT: the seed which will sow the ground and bread
Isaiah 32:20
HEB: אַשְׁרֵיכֶ֕ם זֹרְעֵ֖י עַל־ כָּל־
NAS: How blessed will you be, you who sow beside
KJV: Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters,
INT: blessed sow beside all
Isaiah 37:30
HEB: וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗ית זִרְע֧וּ וְקִצְר֛וּ וְנִטְע֥וּ
NAS: year sow, reap,
KJV: year sow ye, and reap,
INT: year the third sow reap plant
Isaiah 40:24
HEB: אַ֚ף בַּל־ זֹרָ֔עוּ אַ֛ף בַּל־
NAS: Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely
KJV: Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock
INT: yet lest been sown yet lest
Isaiah 55:10
HEB: וְנָ֤תַן זֶ֙רַע֙ לַזֹּרֵ֔עַ וְלֶ֖חֶם לָאֹכֵֽל׃
NAS: seed to the sower and bread
KJV: seed to the sower, and bread
INT: and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater
Jeremiah 2:2
HEB: בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א זְרוּעָֽה׃
NAS: Through a land not sown.
KJV: in a land [that was] not sown.
INT: A land not sown
Jeremiah 4:3
HEB: נִ֑יר וְאַֽל־ תִּזְרְע֖וּ אֶל־ קוֹצִֽים׃
NAS: up your fallow ground, And do not sow among
KJV: your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
INT: your fallow not sow among thorns
Jeremiah 12:13
HEB: זָרְע֤וּ חִטִּים֙ וְקֹצִ֣ים
NAS: They have sown wheat and have reaped
KJV: They have sown wheat, but shall reap
INT: have sown wheat thorns
Jeremiah 31:27
HEB: נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה וְזָרַעְתִּ֗י אֶת־ בֵּ֤ית
NAS: the LORD, when I will sow the house
KJV: the LORD, that I will sow the house
INT: declares the LORD will sow the house of Israel
Jeremiah 35:7
HEB: וְזֶ֤רַע לֹֽא־ תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙ וְכֶ֣רֶם לֹֽא־
NAS: a house, and you shall not sow seed
KJV: house, nor sow seed,
INT: seed shall not sow A vineyard shall not
Jeremiah 50:16
HEB: כִּרְת֤וּ זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ מִבָּבֶ֔ל וְתֹפֵ֥שׂ
NAS: Cut off the sower from Babylon
KJV: Cut off the sower from Babylon,
INT: Cut the sower Babylon wields
Ezekiel 36:9
HEB: אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖ם וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם׃
NAS: to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
KJV: unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
INT: to you will be cultivated and sown
Hosea 2:23
HEB: וּזְרַעְתִּ֤יהָ לִּי֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ
NAS: I will sow her for Myself in the land.
KJV: And I will sow her unto me in the earth;
INT: will sow the land have
Hosea 8:7
HEB: כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ
NAS: For they sow the wind And they reap
KJV: For they have sown the wind,
INT: for the wind sow the whirlwind reap
Hosea 10:12
HEB: זִרְע֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם לִצְדָקָה֙
NAS: Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap
KJV: Sow to yourselves in righteousness,
INT: Sow to righteousness Reap
Micah 6:15
HEB: אַתָּ֥ה תִזְרַ֖ע וְלֹ֣א תִקְצ֑וֹר
NAS: You will sow but you will not reap.
KJV: Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;
INT: You will sow you will not reap
Nahum 1:14
HEB: יְהוָ֔ה לֹֽא־ יִזָּרַ֥ע מִשִּׁמְךָ֖ ע֑וֹד
NAS: longer be perpetuated. I will cut off
KJV: concerning thee, [that] no more of thy name be sown: out of the house
INT: the LORD will no be perpetuated your name longer
Haggai 1:6
HEB: זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם הַרְבֵּ֜ה וְהָבֵ֣א
NAS: You have sown much, but harvest
KJV: Ye have sown much, and bring
INT: have sown much harvest
Zechariah 10:9
HEB: וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙ בָּֽעַמִּ֔ים וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּ֖ים
NAS: When I scatter them among the peoples,
KJV: And I will sow them among the people:
INT: scatter the peoples far
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, זְרַע; Ethiopic 
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