Strong's Concordance
zara: to sow, scatter seed
Original Word: זָרַעPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: zara
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-rah')
Short Definition: sow
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. (Late Hebrew
id.; Assyrian
zirû TP
Prism vi. 15; Arabic
👁 Image; Aramaic
👁 Image, ; Ethiopic
👁 Image but in Sabean DHM
ZMG 1883, 15 and in proper name, Id. in MV
10, pp. 242, 983) —
Perfect3masculine singular Judges 6:3; 1singular Jeremiah 31:27; suffix consec Hosea 2:25; 3plural Jeremiah 12:13; 2masculine plural Haggai 1:6; consecutive Genesis 47:23 2t.; Imperfect Ecclesiastes 11:4; Genesis 26:12; suffix Judges 9:45; 1singular Judg 31:8; suffix Zechariah 10:9, etc.; Imperative masculine singular Ecclesiastes 11:6; masculine plural Hosea 10:12 2t.; Infinitive Isaiah 28:24; Participle active Isaiah 55:10 3t.; Proverbs 22:8; Jeremiah 50:16, etc.; Passive participle Psalm 97:11 (but on text see below); feminine Jeremiah 2:2; —
literally sow:
absolute sow (seed), do one's sowing Judges 6:3; Genesis 26:12 (J), Isaiah 28:24 (after ploughing ); Isaiah 37:30 = 2 Kings 19:29; "" also Micah 6:15; Leviticus 25:11 (H), Ecclesiastes 11:4; "" Leviticus 25:20 (H); opposed to Job 31:8; Isaiah 32:20 (on construct compare Ges§ 130, 1); with Leviticus 25:22; followed by Haggai 1:6 (opposed to ).
with accusative of land Exodus 23:10 (J E; "" ), Genesis 47:23 (J); field () Leviticus 25:3 ("" ), compare Leviticus 25:4; Psalm 107:37; as passive participle Jeremiah 2:2 ("" ).
with accusative of seed Deuteronomy 11:10, compare Deuteronomy 22:9; Jeremiah 35:7; Leviticus 26:16 (H) Ecclesiastes 11:6; followed by Jeremiah 12:13 ("" ); compare also Exodus 23:16 (JE).
followed by 2 accusative Deuteronomy 22:9; compare Leviticus 19:19 (H); Isaiah 30:23; also of destroyed city Judges 9:45.
participle active as substantive Jeremiah 50:16 ("" ); Isaiah 55:10 ("" ).
producing, yielding seed, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:29 (twice in verse) (P), compare figurative:
sowing (planting) Israel in the land Hosea 2:25 (We , object being Jezreel); on the other hand Zechariah 10:9.
with 2 accusative, of Yahweh's fructifying Israel and Judah Jeremiah 31:27.
, Hosea 10:12 ("" ); Proverbs 11:18; Jeremiah 4:3 sow not in among thorns (said of a few righteous deeds amid much wickedness); especially of evil-doing Hosea 8:7; Job 4:8 ("" ); Proverbs 22:8.
Isaiah 17:10 (2 accusative)
Psalm 126:5 metaphor of distress followed by joy.
Psalm 97:11 read probably , Vrss Ol Hu Bae Che and others
, Perfect3feminine singular consecutive Numbers 5:28; 2masculine plural consecutive Ezekiel 36:9; Imperfect3masculine singular Nahum 1:14; Deuteronomy 21:4; Leviticus 11:37; 3feminine singular Deuteronomy 29:22; —
be sown:
subject , Deuteronomy 29:22, compare (of ) Deuteronomy 21:4; in address to , Ezekiel 36:9.
subject , Leviticus 11:37 (P); figurative Nahum 1:14 no more of thy name be sown, in judgment against Nineveh.
be fructified, made pregnant Numbers 5:28 (P; of woman).
Perfect3plural Isaiah 40:24 of princes and judges under figure of trees ("" , ).
Imperfect3feminine singular Leviticus 12:2; Participle Genesis 1:11,12; —
produce seed, of herb, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Genesis 1:11,12; apparently denominative from ; compare of a woman, = bear a child Leviticus 12:2.
(compare Biblical Hebrew I. ); — construct Daniel 2:43 seed (offspring) of men.
Strong's Exhaustive 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.
Forms and Transliterations
אֶ֭זְרְעָה אזרעה הַזֹּרְעִ֥ים הזרעים וְאֶזְרָעֵם֙ וְזָרַעְתִּ֗י וְזֹרְעֵ֖י וְזֹרֵ֥עַ וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה וְנִזְרַעְתֶּֽם׃ וַיִּזְרְע֣וּ וַיִּזְרַ֤ע וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ וּזְרַעְתִּ֤יהָ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֖ם וּזְרַעְתֶּ֗ם וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם ואזרעם וזרע וזרעי וזרעתי וזרעתיה וזרעתם ויזרע ויזרעה ויזרעו ונזרעה ונזרעתם׃ זְרַ֣ע זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם זְרוּעָֽה׃ זִרְע֧וּ זִרְע֨וּ זָרְע֤וּ זָרַ֣ע זָרֻ֣עַ זֹרְעֵ֖י זֹרֵ֣עַ זֹרָ֔עוּ זוֹרֵ֙עַ֙ זוֹרֵ֣עַ זורע זרועה׃ זרע זרעו זרעי זרעתם יִזְרָ֑ע יִזְרָ֖עוּ יִזָּרֵ֑עַ יִזָּרַ֥ע יזרע יזרעו לִזְרֹ֑עַ לַזֹּרֵ֔עַ לזרע מַזְרִ֣יעַ מַזְרִ֤יעַ מזריע נִזְרָ֔ע נזרע תִּזְרְע֖וּ תִּזְרַ֖ע תִּזְרַ֣ע תִּזְרַע֙ תִּזְרָ֔ע תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃ תִזְרַ֖ע תִזְרַ֣ע תִזְרַ֥ע תִזְרָ֔ע תִזְרָ֔עוּ תִזְרָ֙עוּ֙ תִזָּרַע֙ תַזְרִ֔יעַ תזריע תזרע תזרעו תזרענו׃ ’ez·rə·‘āh ’ezrə‘āh Ezreah haz·zō·rə·‘îm hazzōrə‘îm hazzoreIm laz·zō·rê·a‘ lazzoRea lazzōrêa‘ liz·rō·a‘ lizRoa lizrōa‘ maz·rî·a‘ mazRia mazrîa‘ niz·rā‘ nizRa nizrā‘ ṯaz·rî·a‘ tazRia ṯazrîa‘ tiz·ra‘ tiz·rā‘ ṯiz·ra‘ ṯiz·rā‘ tiz·rā·‘en·nū ṯiz·rā·‘ū tiz·rə·‘ū ṯiz·zā·ra‘ tizRa tizra‘ tizrā‘ ṯizra‘ ṯizrā‘ tizrā‘ennū ṯizrā‘ū tizraEnnu tizRau tizrə‘ū tizreU tizzaRa ṯizzāra‘ ū·zə·ra‘·tem ū·zə·ra‘·tî·hā ūzəra‘tem ūzəra‘tîhā uzeraTem uzeraTiha vaiyizRa vaiyizraEha vaiyizreU veezraEm venizraTem venizreAh vezaraTi vezoRea vezoreEi way·yiz·ra‘ way·yiz·rā·‘e·hā way·yiz·rə·‘ū wayyizra‘ wayyizrā‘ehā wayyizrə‘ū wə’ezrā‘êm wə·’ez·rā·‘êm wə·niz·ra‘·tem wə·niz·rə·‘āh wə·zā·ra‘·tî wə·zō·rə·‘ê wə·zō·rê·a‘ wənizra‘tem wənizrə‘āh wəzāra‘tî wəzōrə‘ê wəzōrêa‘ yiz·rā‘ yiz·rā·‘ū yiz·zā·ra‘ yiz·zā·rê·a‘ yizRa yizrā‘ yizrā‘ū yizRau yizzaRa yizzāra‘ yizzaRea yizzārêa‘ zā·ra‘ zā·rə·‘ū zā·ru·a‘ zaRa zāra‘ zārə‘ū zareU zaRua zārua‘ zə·ra‘ zə·ra‘·tem zə·rū·‘āh zeRa zəra‘ zəra‘tem zeraTem zərū‘āh zeruAh zir‘ū zir·‘ū zirU zō·rā·‘ū zō·rə·‘ê zō·rê·a‘ zō·w·rê·a‘ zōrā‘ū zoRau zōrə‘ê zoRea zōrêa‘ zoreEi zōwrêa‘
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