זרע
Hebrew
Etymology
Root |
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ז־ר־ע |
Compare Aramaic זְרַע (zəraʿ, “to sow”), זַרְעָא (zarʿā, “seed”), Arabic زَرَعَ (zaraʿa, “to sow”), زَرْع (zarʿ, “seed”).
Verb
זָרַע • (zará‛) (pa'al construction)
- to seed, to sow
- Psalms 126:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- Psalms 126:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- to spread, to disseminate
Conjugation
Conjugation of זָרַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | זָרַעְתִּי | זָרַעְנוּ | ||
second | זָרַעְתָּ | זָרַעְתְּ | זְרַעְתֶּם1 | זְרַעְתֶּן1 | |
third | זָרַע | זָרְעָה | זָרְעוּ | ||
present | זוֹרֵעַ | זוֹרַעַת | זוֹרְעִים | זוֹרְעוֹת | |
future | first | אֶזְרַע | נִזְרַע | ||
second | תִּזְרַע | תִּזְרְעִי | תִּזְרְעוּ | תִּזְרַעְנָה2 | |
third | יִזְרַע | תִּזְרַע | יִזְרְעוּ | תִּזְרַעְנָה2 | |
imperative | זְרַע | זִרְעִי | זִרְעוּ | זְרַעְנָה2 | |
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Noun
זֶרַע • (zéra‛) m (plural indefinite זְרָעִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- seed
- (Biblical Hebrew) seedtime
- Genesis 8:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- עֹד כָּל־יְמֵי הָאָרֶץ זֶרַע וְקָצִיר וְקֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף וְיֹום וָלַיְלָה לֹא יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃
- While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
- Genesis 8:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- semen
- Mishneh Torah, Laws of Other Sources of Defilement 5:17
- שכבת זַרְעוֹ של עכו״ם טהור
- Leviticus 15:16
- וְאִישׁ כִּי תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת זָרַע וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם אֶת כָּל בְּשָׂרוֹ וְטָמֵא עַד הָעָרֶב׃
- v'-ish ki tetse' mimenu shikhvat zara v'rakhats bamayim et kol b'saro v'tame' ad ha'arev.
- When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
- Mishneh Torah, Laws of Other Sources of Defilement 5:17
- offspring, descendents, scions
- Genesis 22:17, with translation of the New International Version:
- כִּי בָרֵךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת זַרְעֲךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכַחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָיו׃
- I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
- Ezra 9:2
- כִּי־נָשְׂאוּ מִבְּנֹתֵיהֶם לָהֶם וְלִבְנֵיהֶם וְהִתְעָרְבוּ זֶרַע הַקֹּדֶשׁ
- ki-nashu mibenotihem lahem ve'libenihem v'hitarebu zera hakodesh.
- For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons and they have mingled the holy race.
- Genesis 22:17, with translation of the New International Version:
Declension
Declension of זֶרַע
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | זֶרַע | first | זַרְעִי | זַרְעֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַזֶּרַע | second | זַרְעֲךָ | זַרְעֵךְ | זַרְעֲכֶם | זַרְעֲכֶן | |
construct | זֶרַע־ | third | זַרְעוֹ | זַרְעָהּ | זַרְעָם | זַרְעָן | |
plural | indefinite | זְרָעִים | first | זרעיי \ זְרָעַי | זְרָעֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַזְּרָעִים | second | זְרָעֶיךָ | זרעייך \ זְרָעַיִךְ | זַרְעֵיכֶם | זַרְעֵיכֶן | |
construct | זַרְעֵי־ | third | זְרָעָיו | זְרָעֶיהָ | זַרְעֵיהֶם | זַרְעֵיהֶן |
Derived terms
- תָּא זֶרַע
- נוֹזֵל זֶרַע
- זֶרַע לְבַטָּלָה
References
Anagrams
- עזר
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