זרע

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Aramaic

Verb

זְרַע • (zəraʿ)

  1. to sow, to seed, to plant

Hebrew

Root
ז־ר־ע (z-r-ʿ)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *zarʕ- (“seed”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒆰 (zērum, “seed”), Arabic زَرَعَ (zaraʕa, “to sow”), زَرْع (zarʕ, “seed”), and Aramaic זְרַע (zəraʿ, “to sow”), זַרְעָא (zarʿā, “seed”).

Pronunciation 1

Verb

זָרַע • (zará') (pa'al construction)

  1. to seed, to sow
  2. to spread, to disseminate
Conjugation
Conjugation of זָרַע (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
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
notes
  1. Pronounced זָרַעְתֶּם and זָרַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation 2

Noun

זֶרַע • (zéra') m (plural indefinite זְרָעִים)

  1. seed
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) seedtime
    • Tanach, 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.
  3. semen
    Synonym: נוֹזֵל זֶרַע
    • Mishneh Torah, Laws of Other Sources of Defilement 5:17
      שכבת זַרְעוֹ של עכו״ם טהור
    • Tanach, 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.
  4. offspring, descendants, scions
    • Tanach, 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,
    • Tanach, 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.
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