H2232. zara

I. 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 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.