וַרְעֲךָ וּמִפִּי זֶרַע זַרְעֲךָ
Is 59:2
1; of Jews (
יהודים
)
Est 9:27
,
28
,
31
.
5.
seed
as marked by moral quality
=
persons (or community) of such a quality; transition to this through such cases as those of
ז׳ בְּרוּכֵי י׳
Is 65:23
(
||
צֶאֱצָאִים
),
cf.
61:
9;
65:9
;
ז׳ הַקֹּדֶשׁ
Ezr 9:2
(of Isr.),
cf.
Is 53:1
0; note, in good sense
ז׳ צַדִּיקִים
Pr 11:21
(
opp.
רַע
);
ז׳ אֱמֶת
Je 2:21
(
||
שֹׂורֵק
);
ז׳ אלהים
Mal 2:1
5;—
ז׳ קֹדֶשׁ
Is 6:13
is a gloss;—in bad sense
ז׳ מְרֵעִים
Is 1:4
2 (
||
גֹּוי־חֹטֵא
,
עַם כֶּבֶד עָוֹן
,
מַשְׁחִיתִים בָּנִים
),
14:20
;
ז׳ מְנָאֵף
57:3
(
||
בני עֹנֲנָה
);
ז׳־שָׁ˜קֶר
v
4
(
||
יִלְדֵי־פֶשַׁע
).
•
זֵרוּעַ
S
2221
TWOT
582b
GK
2433
n.
[
m.
]
sowing, thing sown
(
intensive format. according to
Ol
§ 186 b Sta
§ 228, yet on this and foll.
cf.
Ba
NB 42, 178 Anm. 4
)
—
זֶרַע ז׳
Lv 11:37
(
P
),
כְּגַנָּה זֵֽרוּעֶיהָ תַצְמִיחַ
Is 61:11
in
sim.
of Yahweh’s causing righteousness to spring up.
• [ זֵרֹעַ ] n. [ m. ] vegetable ( cf. foregoing; on this and foll. cf. Bev Dn 62, and n. 2
)
—only
pl.
מִן־הַזֵּרֹעִים
Dn 1:1
2.
•
[
זֵֽרְעֹן
TWOT
582d
]
n.
[
m.
]
id.
, only
pl.
זֵֽרְעֹנִים
Dn 1:1
6.
•
יִזְרְעֶאל
S
3157
TWOT
582e
GK
3475, 3476
1.
n.pr.loc.
(
God soweth;
Sab.
אלדֿרא
Mordt
ZMG
1879, 489
;
v. Lag
BN 131)
—
י׳
Jos 15:56 2 S 2:9
+;
יִזְרְעֶ˜אל
1 S 25:43 Jos 17:16
+;
יִזְרְעֶ˜אלָה
Jos 19:18
+
6 times:
a.
city in the Negeb of Judah
Jos 15:56 1 S 25:43
(home of Ahinoam, one of David’s wives), site unknown;
cf.
n.pr.m.
1 Ch 4:
3.
b.
city in Issachar
Jos 19:18
on NW. spur of Mt. Gilboa
2 S 4:4
(
cf.
1 S 31:
1,
8
)
1 K 4:12
(
cf.
1 S 31:1
0,
12
), mod.
Zer˓în
(
Rob
BR ii. 318 ff.
Bd
Pal 244), close to scene of great battle with Philistines
1 S 29:1
(
בְּעַיִן אשׁר בְיִז׳
,
cf.
Rob
BR ii. 323)
v
1
1; subject to Ishbosheth
2 S 2:9
(yet
v. infr
.), residence of Ahab and Jehoram of Isr.
1 K 18:45
,
46
;
21:1
(Naboth)
2 K 8:29
(×2) =
2 Ch 22:6
(×2),
2 K 9:15
(×2),
16
,
17
,
30
;
10:11
cf.
יִז׳ דְּמֵי
Ho 1:
4, and symbolical name of Hosea’s son
Ho 1:4
(
cf.
Ch
e);—in
2 K 10:1 f
or
שָׂרֵי יִז׳
read
שֹׁמְרֹון שָׂרֵי
so
Ö
. Used by Hosea as representing Isr., with play on etymol.,
Ho 2:24
(
cf.
בָּאָרֶץ וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ לִּי
v
2
5),
cf.
also
גָּדֹול יֹום יִז׳
v
2. Territory immediately about the city is
חֵלֶק יִז׳
2 K 9:1
0,
36
,
37
;
sim. simile. Bev A. A. Bevan.