זרע

Aramaic

Verb

זְרַע • (zəraʿ)

  1. to sow, to seed, to plant

Hebrew

Root
ז־ר־ע (z-r-ʿ)
3 terms

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 to-infinitive לזרוע / לִזְרֹעַ
action noun זְרִיעָה
passive participle זָרוּעַ
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

1 Pronounced זָרַעְתֶּם and זָרַעְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation 2

Noun

זֶרַע • (zéra') m (plural indefinite זְרָעִים) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  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 וְיוֹם 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'ísh ki tetsé miménu shikhvát zará' v'rakháts bamáyim et kól b'saró v'tamé ád ha'árev.
      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-nas'ú mib'notéihem lahém v'lib'néihem v'hit'arvú zéra' hakódesh.
      For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons and they have mingled the holy race.
Declension
Declension of זֶרַע
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: 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
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