•[זָרָה S 2219, 4215 TWOT 579 GK 2430, 2431, 4668 ] vb. scatter, fan, winnow (Arabic ذَرَا ( ḏarā ) cause to fly, scatter (of wind), winnow; Aramaic דְּרָא , ܕܪܳܐ ( dro ); Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( zarawa ) ) — Qal Impf. וַיִּ˜זֶר Ex 32:2 0; 2 ms. תִּזְרֶה Ez 5:2 ; sf. תִּזְרֵם Is 30:2 2; 41:16 ; וָאֶזְרֵם Je 15: 7; Imv. זְרֵה Nu 17: 2; Inf. לִזְרֹות Je 4:1 1; Pt. זֹרֶה Ru 3:2 Is 30:2 4;— 1. scatter , the powder into which golden calf was ground Ex 32:20 ( E , obj. not expr.); c. acc. (strange) fire from censers Nu 17:2 ( P ); hair (symbol. act) Ez 5:2 ; Is 30:22 . 2. fan, winnow , obj. גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעֹורִים Ru 3:2 Is 30:24 (where pt. has indef. subj.), 41:16 metaph ., obj. mountains and hills, fig. of winnowing; fig. fan, winnow, in purification Je 4:11 ( || לְהָכַ˜ר ); in chastisement Je 15:7 ( ז׳ בְּמִזְרֶה ). Niph. Impf. וַיִּזָּרוּ Ez 36:19 be scattered, dispersed , of Israel; Inf. בְּהִזָּרֹותֵיכֶם Ez 6:8 when ye shall be dispersed (on pl. sf. Ew § 259 b, but Co del. י ). Pi. Pf. sf. וְזֵרָם 1 K 14:1 5; זֵרִ˜יתָ ψ 139:3 , sf. זֵרִיתָ˜נוּ ψ 44:12 ; וְזֵרִיתִ˜י Ez 5:10 etc.; Inf. זָרֹות Ez 20:23 etc.;— 3. (intens. of Qal) scatter, disperse , especially of peoples, c. acc. (Israel and Judah) 1 K 14:15 Lv 26:33 ( H ), ψ 44:12 Je 31:10 Ez 5:1 0, 12 ; 12:14 , 15 ; 20:23 ; 22:15 cf. Zc 2: 2, 4 (×2) ψ 106:27 ; bones of Israel Ez 6:5 ; people of Hazor Je
49:32
; of Elam
49:36
; of Babylon
51:2
(
זָרִים
=
strangers?); Egyptians
Ez 29:12
;
30:26
+
30:23
(
del. C
o, intern. grounds); in general the wicked
Pr 20:26
; evil
20:8
;
pt.
מְזָרִים
= subst.
scatterers
, epith. of winds
Jb 37:9
(
cf.
Qor
51:1);
וְזֵרִיתִי פֶּרֶשׁ על־פניכם
Mal 2:3
scatter
dung on your faces (token of shame and curse);
fig.
disperse
knowledge (of lips)
Pr 15:7
.
4.
winnow, sift
(
cf.
Qal 2
) only
fig.
אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִ˜יתָ
ψ 139:3
my path and my couch thou siftest
(
Che
;
Ba
ZMG 1887, 607
measurest, determinest
, whence
זֶרֶת
,
q.v.
)
Pu
be scattered,
Impf.
יְזֹרֶה
Jb 18:1
5, subj.
גָּפְרִית
,
sq.
עַל
;
Pt. f.
מְזֹרָה
(agreeing with
רָ˜שֶׁת
net
)
Pr 1:17
.
• מִזְרֶה S 4214 TWOT 579a GK 4665 n. [ m. ] pitch-fork , with six prongs ( = مذراة ( mḏr˒t )) used in winnowing, cf. Wetzst ZPV 1891, xiv. 2 ; for winnowing provender
זֹרֶה בָרַחַת וּבְמ׳ Is 30:2 4; fig. for winnowing, i.e. chastising the people
וָאֶזְרֵם בְּמ׳ Je 15: 7.
זַרְזִיף
S
2222
TWOT
584a
GK
2434
ψ 72:6
v.
זרף
.
indef. indefinite. Qor Qoran.
Ba J. Barth.