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זֶ֫רַע noun masculineDeuteronomy 28:38 sowing, seed, offspring (Late Hebrew
id., Aramaic
H2234 זְרַע,
IfRz; Phoenician
זרע; Zinjirli
id.; Arabic
زَرْعً seed-produce, seed; Ethiopic
ዘርእ፡ Assyrian
zêru,
cultivated land, Belser
BAS ii. 130, compare Arabic
زَرْعَةً) — absolute
ז׳ Genesis 47:23 =;
זָ֑רַע Genesis 1:29 +; construct
זֶרַע Isaiah 5:10 +;
זְרַעֿ Numbers 11:7; suffix
זַרְעִי 1 Samuel 20:42;
1 Samuel 24:22;
זַרְעֲךָ Deuteronomy 11:10 +;
זַרְעֶ֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 11:6 +; etc.; plural suffix
זַרְעֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 8:15; —
1. literal:
b. sowing as regularly recurring at its season
Genesis 8:22 (J; ||
קָצִיר, +
קֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיוֺם וָלַיְלָה),
Leviticus 26:5 (H; ||
דַּיִשׁ,
בָּצִיר; — compare
Amos 9:13 below
2a).
2. seed:
a. literally, sown, to raise crops for food, usually corn (wheat, barely, etc.)
Genesis 47:19,
23 (J; compare
Genesis 47:14f.),
Numbers 24:7 (JE);
נָתַן לַֹזּרֵעַ ז׳ Isaiah 55:10 (||
לֶחֶם),
Deuteronomy 28:38 (
רַב ז׳),
Leviticus 26:16 (H; with
זָרַע),
Leviticus 27:16a,
חֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים ז׳ Leviticus 27:16b (both P), compare
Isaiah 5:10.
b. figurative, of idolatry of Judah
Isaiah 17:11 (||
קציר); of fortunes of Zion
מֶשֶׁךְ הַזּ׳ Psalm 126:6 the dropping of seed, i.e. the proper quantity for sowing (opposed to
אֲלֻמֹּת);
Jeremiah 35:7 (with
זָרַע, ||
כֶּרֶם לֹא תִטָּ֔עוּ), compare
Jeremiah 35:9 (||
כרם,
שׂדה);
מְטַר ז׳ Isaiah 30:23 (with
זָרַע, ||
לֶחֶם תְּבוּאַתּ הָאֲדָמָה); also
Deuteronomy 11:10 (with
זָרַע),
Ecclesiastes 11:6 (with
id.);
זֵרוּעַ ז׳ Leviticus 11:37, compare
Leviticus 11:38 (both P); as yielding the crop
תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 14:22 the product of thy seed, compare
d. below;
וְנִגַּשׁ תוֺרֵשׁ בַּקּוֺצֵר וְדֹרֵךְ עֲנָבִים בְּמשֵׁךְ הַזּ׳ Amos 9:13, in figure of rapid and plentiful growth in the coming time;
הָאָרֶץ ז׳ producing a vine
Ezekiel 17:5, of growth and prosperity of Israel;
הַזּ׳ Malachi 2:3, read perhaps
הַזְּרֹעַ (compare VB).
d. seed as
corn-product, corn-crop, so (although not quite clearly)
Deuteronomy 22:9 (with
זָרַע; ||
תְּבוּאַת הַכָּ֑רֶם); plural
1 Samuel 8:15 (perhaps better
arable lands, compare above Assyrian
zêru; ||
כרמים),
הָאָרֶץ ז׳ Leviticus 27:30 (||
פְּרִי־עֵץ; otherwise
Genesis 47:24, compare above
1a);
שִׁחֹר ז׳ Isaiah 23:3 (||
קְצִיר יְאוֺר);
בַּמְּגוּרָה הַעוֺד הַזּ׳ Haggai 2:19 (||
גֶּפֶן,
תְּאֵנָה,
רִמּוֺן,
עֵץ הַזַּיִת);
יָשִׁו֯ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹף Job 39:12 (of harvest); so perhaps
כְּבֵית סָאתַיִם ז׳ 1 Kings 18:32.
4. seed＝off spring:
b. of mankind, coll.＝
descendants, posterity; seed of the woman Genesis 3:15 (J); seed of the patriarchs (especially Abraham) [
Genesis 12:7]
1;
Genesis 13:15,
16 (twice in verse);
Genesis 16:10;
Genesis 22:17 (twice in verse);
Genesis 22:18;
Genesis 24:7;
Genesis 26:3,
4 (
3 times in verse);
Genesis 26:24;
Genesis 28:13,
14 (twice in verse);
Genesis 32:13 (all J),
Genesis 15:13,
18;
Exodus 32:13 (twice in verse);
Exodus 33:1 (all J E),
Genesis 21:12;
Joshua 24:3 (both E; in both promised seed of Abraham restricted to line of Isaac),
Deuteronomy 11:9;
Deuteronomy 34:4;
Nehemiah 9:8; = a son as involving posterity
Genesis 15:3,
5 (JE) compare below; phrase
זַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 1:8, compare
Deuteronomy 4:37;
Deuteronomy 10:15, so P,
Genesis 17:7 (twice in verse);
Genesis 17:8,
9,
10,
19;
Genesis 35:12;
Genesis 48:4;
זִרְעֲךָ אִתָּךְ Genesis 28:4 (P; compare
Numbers 18:19); see also below
c.
c. seed (＝posterity) of other individuals
Genesis 21:13 (E; of Ishmael)
Genesis 24:60;
Genesis 48:19 (both J),
Numbers 14:24 (JE),
Leviticus 21:21;
Leviticus 22:3,
4 (all H),
Numbers 17:5 (P),
1 Samuel 20:42 (twice in verse);
1 Samuel 24:22;
2 Samuel 4:8;
1 Kings 2:33 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 11:39;
2 Kings 5:27;
Jeremiah 29:32;
Ezekiel 43:19;
Job 5:25 (||
צֶאֱצָאֶיךָ),
Job 21:8 (||
id.); especially of seed of David as anointed to reign
Psalm 18:51 [
Psalm 18:50] =
2 Samuel 22:51 (||
לִמְשִׁיחוֺ), as sitting on throne
Jeremiah 33:21, compare
Jeremiah 33:22;
Jeremiah 33:26,
Psalm 89:5;
Psalm 89:30;
Psalm 89:37; of Jehoiachin
Jeremiah 22:28,
30, Jehoiakim
Jeremiah 36:31 (compare
Jeremiah 36:30); of child (son) as involving posterity
Genesis 38:8,
9 (twice in verse) (of Er's seed by Onam);
Genesis 48:11 (all J), compare
Genesis 19:32,
31 (J),
2 Samuel 7:12;
Ruth 4:12;
Leviticus 21:15 (H); phrase
זַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם of seed of Noah and his sons
Genesis 9:9; of Aaron
Exodus 28:43; of Phinehas
Numbers 25:13 (all P); of David
1 Chronicles 17:11;
לְזַרְעוֺ לְדֹרֹתָם Exodus 30:21 (P), compare
Leviticus 21:17 (H; both of Aaron), see also
b above
ז׳, of
seed of righteous, especially Psalms: —
Psalm 25:13;
Psalm 37:25,
26; Psalm 69:37; Psalm 102:29 (||
בָּנִים),
Psalm 112:2 (||
דּוֺר ישׁרים), compare
Psalm 22:31 (on text see Che); of wicked
Psalm 21:11;
Psalm 37:28.
g. seed of Israel (or Jacob, or the people), is used also, by (later) prophets, of
future generations, in addressing the people: —
Deuteronomy 28:46,
59;
Deuteronomy 30:6,
19;
Deuteronomy 31:21, compare
Numbers 18:19 (P;
לְזַרְעֲךָ אִתָּ֑ךְ, ||
וּלְבָנֶיךָ וְלִבְנוֺתֶיךָ),
Jeremiah 30:10 =
Jeremiah 46:27 (Jacob and Israel here = people),
Psalm 106:27; ||
צֶאֱצָא(יך) Isaiah 44:3 (Jacob and Jeshurun),
Isaiah 48:19, compare
Isaiah 61:9; also
Jeremiah 7:15;
Isaiah 54:3;
Isaiah 66:22 (||
שִׁמְכֶם);
זַרְעֲךָ זֶרַע וּמִפִּי זַרְעֲךָ מִפִּי Isaiah 59:21; of Jews (
יהודים)
Esther 9:27,
28,
31.
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