H2233. zera
זֶ֫רַע noun masculine[Deut 28:38] sowing, seed, offspring (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic זְרַע, ; Phoenician זרע; Zinjirli id.; Arabic seed-produce, seed; Ethiopic Assyrian zêru, cultivated land, BelserBAS ii. 130, compare Arabic ) — absolute ׳ז [Gen 47:23] =; זָ֑רַע [1:29] +; construct זֶרַע [Isa 5:10] +; זְרַעֿ [Num 11:7]; suffix זַרְעִי [1Sam 20:42]; [24:22]; זַרְעֲךָ [Deut 11:10] +; זַרְעֶ֑ךָ [Eccl 11:6] +; etc.; plural suffix זַרְעֵיכֶם [1Sam 8:15]; — 1 literal:
a. a sowing ׳לְז הַשָּׂדֶה [Gen 47:24] (J; + אָכְלְכֶם; otherwise [Lev 27:16] b, see below 2c); ז מְקוֺם ׳לֹא [Num 20:5] no place for sowing (J E; + וְרִמּוֺן וְגֶפֶן וּתְאֵנָה); compare ז ׳שְׂדֵה [Ezek 17:5] a field suitable for sowing; hence
b. sowing as regularly recurring at its season [Gen 8:22] (J; || קָצִיר, + וָלַיְלָה וְיוֺם וָחֹרֶף וְקַיִץ וָחֹם קֹר), [Lev 26:5] (H; || בָּצִיר דַּיִשׁ,; — compare [Amos 9:13] below 2a).
2 seed:
a. literally, sown, to raise crops for food, usually corn (wheat, barely, etc.) [Gen 47:19], [23] (J; compare [47:14]f.), [Num 24:7] (JE); ׳ז לַֹזּרֵעַ נָתַן [Isa 55:10] (|| לֶחֶם), [Deut 28:38] (׳ז רַב), [Lev 26:16] (H; with זָרַע), [27:16] a, ׳ז שְׂעֹרִים חֹמֶר [27:16]b (both P), compare [Isa 5:10].
b. figurative, of idolatry of Judah [Isa 17:11] (|| קציר); of fortunes of Zion הַזּ ׳מֶשֶׁךְ [Psa 126:6] the dropping of seed, i.e. the proper quantity for sowing (opposed to אֲלֻמֹּת); [Jer 35:7] (with זָרַע, || תִטָּ֔עוּ לֹא כֶּרֶם), compare [35:9] (|| שׂדה כרם,); ז ׳מְטַר [Isa 30:23] (with זָרַע, || הָאֲדָמָה תְּבוּאַתּ לֶחֶם); also [Deut 11:10] (with זָרַע), [Eccl 11:6] (c. id.); ׳ז זֵרוּעַ [Lev 11:37], compare [11:38] (both P); as yielding the crop זַרְעֶ֑ךָ תְּבוּאַת [Deut 14:22] the product of thy seed, compare d. below; הַזּ בְּמשֵׁךְ עֲנָבִים וְדֹרֵךְ בַּקּוֺצֵר תוֺרֵשׁ ׳וְנִגַּשׁ [Amos 9:13], in figure of rapid and plentiful growth in the coming time; ׳ז הָאָרֶץ producing a vine [Ezek 17:5], of growth and prosperity of Israel; ׳הַזּ [Mal 2:3], read perhaps הַזְּרֹעַ (compare VB).
c. seed as product; the manna is compare with ׳ז גַּד, coriander seed [Num 11:7] (JE), [Exod 16:31] (P); seed of herbs and trees [Gen 1:11] (twice in verse); [1:12] (twice in verse); [1:29] (twice in verse) (all P). Especially
d. seed as corn-product, corn-crop, so (although not quite clearly) [Deut 22:9] (with זָרַע; || הַכָּ֑רֶם תְּבוּאַת); plural [1Sam 8:15] (perhaps better arable lands, compare above As zêru; || כרמים), ׳ז הָאָרֶץ [Lev 27:30] (|| מְּרִיעֵֿץ; otherwise [Gen 47:24], compare above 1a); ׳ז שִׁחֹר [Isa 23:3] (|| יְאוֺר קְצִיר); הַזּ ׳הַעוֺד בַּמְּגוּרָה [Hag 2:19] (|| הַזַּיִת עֵץ רִמּוֺן, תְּאֵנָה, גֶּפֶן,); יֶאֱסֹף וְגָרְנְךָ זַרְעֶ֑ךָ יָשִׁו֯ב [Job 39:12] (of harvest); so perhaps ז סָאתַיִם ׳כְּבֵית [1Kin 18:32].
e. הַגֶּפֶן הַשָּׁלוֺם זֶרַע [Zech 8:12], read perhaps ׳הַזּ שׁלוֺם the crop is security (= secure), so ᵑ6 Or and others; > Ew Hi and others who translate ׳ז ׳הַשּׁ the growth of peace, making הַגֶּמֶּן appositive — Verbs used with ׳ז in these senses are: — usually זַרַע [Gen 1:11]; [Lev 26:16]; [Jer 35:7] +; הִפְרִיחַ [Isa 17:11]; בְּ נָתַן = plant, sow [Ezek 17:5]; נָתַן yield [Isa 55:10]; מָשַׁךְ [Amos 9:13].
3 seed = semen virile, זָ֑רַע וְנִזְרְעָה [Num 5:28], and she shall be made pregnant with seed; usually ׳שִׁכְּבַתזֿ, flow of semen [Lev 22:4] (H), [15:16], [32] (P; all with תֵּצֵא), [15:17] (P; with הָיָה); as accusative modi שׁ ׳אתאִֿשָּׁה ׳ז שׁכב [19:20] (H), [15:18]; [Num 5:13] (both P); so also לְזרע שְׁכָבְתּוֺ נתן [Lev 18:20] (לְ Genitives); compare ׳ז וז ׳אָדָם בְּהֵמָה [Jer 31:27] (as 2nd accusative after זָרַע q. v. 3b).
4 seed = off spring:
a. rarely of animals, collective [Gen 3:15]; [7:3] (both J). Usu.
b. of mankind, coll. = descendants, posterity; seed of the woman [Gen 3:15] (J); seed of the patriarchs (especially Abraham) [12:17]; [13:15-16], (twice in verse); [16:10]; [22:17] (twice in verse); [22:18]; [24:7]; [26:3-4], (3 t. in verse); [26:24]; [28:13-14], (twice in verse); [32:13] (all J), [15:13], [18]; [Exod 32:13] (twice in verse); [33:1] (all J E), [Gen 21:12]; [Josh 24:3] (both E; in both promised seed of Abraham restricted to line of Isaac), [Deut 11:9]; [34:4]; [Neh 9:8]; = a son as involving posterity [Gen 15:3], [5] (JE) compare below; phrase אַחֲרֵיהֶם זַרְעָם [Deut 1:8], compare [4:37]; [10:15], so P, [Gen 17:7] (twice in verse); [17:8-9], [10], [19]; [35:12]; [48:4]; אִתָּךְ זִרְעֲךָ [28:4] (P; compare [Num 18:19]); see also below
c. seed (= posterity) of other individuals [Gen 21:13] (E; of Ishmael) [24:60]; [48:19] (both J), [Num 14:24] (JE), [Lev 21:21]; [22:3-4], (all H), [Num 17:5] (P), [1Sam 20:42] (twice in verse); [24:22]; [2Sam 4:8]; [1Kin 2:33] (twice in verse); [11:39]; [2Kin 5:27]; [Jer 29:32]; [Ezek 43:19]; [Job 5:25] (|| צֶאֱצָאֶיךָ), [21:8] (|| id.); especially of seed of David as anointed to reign Psalm 18:51 = [2Sam 22:51] (|| לִמְשִׁיחוֺ), as sitting on throne [Jer 33:21], compare [33:22]; [33:26], [Psa 89:5]; [89:30]; [89:37]; of Jehoiachin [Jer 22:28], [30], Jehoiakim [36:31] (compare [36:30]); of child (son) as involving posterity [Gen 38:8-9], (twice in verse) (of Er's seed by Onam); [48:11] (all J), compare [19:32], [31] (J), [2Sam 7:12]; [Ruth 4:12]; [Lev 21:15] (H); phrase אַחֲרֵיהֶם זַרְעָם of seed of Noah and his sons [Gen 9:9]; of Aaron [Exod 28:43]; of Phinehas [Num 25:13] (all P); of David [1Chr 17:11]; לְדֹרֹתָם לְזַרְעוֺ [Exod 30:21] (P), compare [Lev 21:17] (H; both of Aaron), see also b above ׳ז, of seed of righteous, especially Psalms: — [Psa 25:13]; [37:25-26], Psalm 69:37; Psalm 102:29 (|| בָּנִים), [112:2] (|| ישׁרים דּוֺר), compare [22:31] (on text see Che); of wicked [21:11]; [37:28].
d. specifically of a particular child (son) ׳ז אַחֵר [Gen 4:25] (J); ׳ז אֲנָשִׁים [1Sam 1:11]; of children [Lev 18:21]; [20:2]; Leviticus 20:34; [22:13] (all H), [1Sam 2:20] (compare בָּנוֺת בָּנִים,[2:21]); children and grandchildren [Gen 46:6-7], (P).
e. family [Gen 17:12] (P; compare Assyrian zêr bit abišu AsrbAnnals iii. 10); note especially of royal family ׳ז הַמֶּלֶךְ [1Kin 11:14]; ׳ז הַמַּמְלָכָה [2Kin 11:1] [2Chr 22:10]; ׳ז הַמְּלוּכָה [2Kin 25:25] = [Jer 41:1]; [Ezek 17:13]; [Dan 1:3]; = pedigree וְזַרְעָם אבותם בית [Ezra 2:59] = [Neh 7:61]; = one's nation, as of same blood [Est 10:3] (|| עַם). — Some verbs used with ׳ז in these senses are: — נָתַן, God subject [Gen 15:3]; [Ruth 4:12] (followed by מִן of woman); שִׂים [1Sam 2:20]; with man as subject נתן [Gen 38:9]; הֵקִים [38:8]; ז ׳חִיָּה, keep alive, or give life to, of animals [7:3]; of woman [19:32], [34] (followed by מִן of man).
f. especially as name for people of Israel, seed of Abraham [Isa 41:8]; [2Chr 20:7] (|| יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמְּךָ), [Jer 33:26]; [Psa 105:6] (|| יעקִב בְּנֵי); of Israel or Jacob [2Kin 17:20]; [Neh 9:2] (|| ישׂראל בני [9:1]), [Isa 43:5]; [45:19], [25]; [Jer 31:36-37], [33:26]; [Psa 22:24] (twice in verse); [1Chr 16:13] (|| יעקב בני); so ׳ז ישׂראל בֵּית [Jer 23:8]; [Ezek 44:22] (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Manuscripts Co strike out בית); יעקב ׳ז בית [20:5]; in Esther. ׳ז הַיְהוּדִים [Est 6:13]; so of Edom (seed of Esau) [Jer 49:10], compare מָדַי מִוֶּרע [Dan 9:1].
g. seed of Israel (or Jacob, or the people), is used also, by (later) prophets, of future Generations, in addressing the people: — [Deut 28:46], [59]; [30:6], [19]; [31:21], compare [Num 18:19] (P; אִתָּ֑ךְ לְזַרְעֲךָ, || וְלִבְנוֺתֶיךָ וּלְבָנֶיךָ), [Jer 30:10] = [46:27] (Jacob and Israel here = people), [Psa 106:27]; || ׅ צֶאֱצָא(יך [Isa 44:3] (Jacob and Jeshurun), [48:19], compare [61:9]; also [Jer 7:15]; [Isa 54:3]; [66:22] (|| שִׁמְכֶם); זַרְעֲךָ זֶרַע וּמִמִּי זַרְעֲךָ מִמִּי [59:21]; 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 י ׳בְּרוּכֵי [Isa 65:23] (|| צֶאֱצָאִים), compare [61:9]; [65:9]; ׳ז הַקֹּדֶשׁ [Ezra 9:2] (of Israel), compare [Isa 53:10]; note, in good sense ׳ז צַדִּיקִים [Prov 11:21] (opposed to רַע); ׳ז אֱמֶת [Jer 2:21] (|| שׂוֺרֵק); ׳ז אלהים [Mal 2:15]; — ׳ז קֹדֶשׁ [Isa 6:13] is a gloss; — in bad sense ׳ז מְרֵעִים [1:4] community of evil-doers (|| מַשְׁחִיתִים בָּנִים עָוֺן, כֶּבֶד עַם גּוֺיחֹֿטֵא,), [14:20]; ׳ז מְנָאֵף [57:3] (|| עֹנֲנָה בני); שָֿׁ֑קֶר׳ז [57:4] (|| יִלְדֵיפֶֿשַׁע).
זֶרַע
原文音譯：[r;z zeh’-rah
詞類次數：名詞（230）
原文字根：撒種；相當於G1085（γένος） G4690（σπέρμα）
字義溯源：種子，榖種；示意：後裔，苗裔，裔，譜系，後代，子孫，兒女，孩子，精子，孕，果實，糧食，栽種，撒種季節；源自H2232（זָרַע）*=撒種，耕種）
出現次數：總共（227）；創（59）；出（6）；利（22）；民（9）；申（14）；書（1）；得（1）；撒上（6）；撒下（3）；王上（5）；王下（4）；代上（2）；代下（2）；拉（2）；尼（3）；斯（5）；伯（3）；詩（18）；箴（1）；傳（1）；賽（26）；耶（21）；結（6）；但（2）；摩（1）；該（1）；亞（1）；瑪（2）
譯字彙編：
1）後裔（53）[創19:32]；[創19:34]；[創21:12]；[創24:7]；[創26:3]；[創26:4]；[創26:4]；[創28:4]；[創28:13]；[創28:14]；[創32:12]；[創38:8]；[創38:9]；[出30:21]；[出32:13]；[出32:13]；[出33:1]；[利21:21]；[民16:40]；[民18:19]；[撒上2:20]；[撒下4:8]；[撒下7:12]；[撒下22:51]；[王上11:14]；[王下11:1]；[王下17:20]；[王下25:25]；[代上17:11]；[代下20:7]；[代下22:10]；[斯6:13]；[斯10:3]；[詩18:50]；[詩22:23]；[詩22:23]；[賽44:3]；[賽45:25]；[賽53:10]；[賽61:9]；[賽65:9]；[耶7:15]；[耶23:8]；[耶30:10]；[耶31:37]；[耶33:22]；[耶33:26]；[耶41:1]；[耶46:27]；[結43:19]；[結44:22]；[但1:3]；[但9:1]；
2）你的後裔（23）[創3:15]；[創12:7]；[創13:16]；[創13:16]；[創15:5]；[創15:13]；[創15:18]；[創16:10]；[創17:7]；[創21:13]；[創22:18]；[創26:4]；[創26:24]；[創28:14]；[利18:21]；[申34:4]；[撒上20:42]；[王下5:27]；[伯5:25]；[詩89:4]；[賽43:5]；[賽48:19]；[賽54:3]；
3）的後裔（16）[王上11:39]；[代上16:13]；[尼9:2]；[詩37:28]；[詩69:36]；[詩105:6]；[箴11:21]；[賽14:20]；[賽41:8]；[賽45:19]；[賽65:23]；[耶31:36]；[耶33:26]；[耶33:26]；[結20:5]；[瑪2:15]；
4）種子（14）[創1:29]；[創47:19]；[創47:24]；[利11:37]；[利26:16]；[利27:30]；[申28:38]；[王上18:32]；[賽30:23]；[賽55:10]；[耶2:21]；[耶35:9]；[結17:5]；[亞8:12]；
5）裔（11）[創9:9]；[創17:7]；[創17:8]；[創17:19]；[創35:12]；[創48:4]；[出28:43]；[民25:13]；[申4:37]；[申10:15]；[撒上24:21]；
6）他的後裔（11）[民14:24]；[王上2:33]；[尼9:8]；[詩25:13]；[詩37:26]；[詩89:29]；[詩89:36]；[詩112:2]；[耶29:32]；[耶36:31]；[耶49:10]；
7）他們的後裔（6）[斯9:27]；[伯21:8]；[詩21:10]；[詩102:28]；[詩106:27]；[賽61:9]；
8）你後裔（4）[創13:15]；[申28:59]；[賽59:21]；[賽59:21]；
9）種（4）[創7:3]；[申11:10]；[傳11:6]；[耶35:7]；
10）他的兒女（3）[利20:3]；[利20:4]；[利21:15]；
11）核（3）[創1:11]；[創1:12]；[創1:29]；
12）（那）種子（3）[詩126:6]；[該2:19]；[瑪2:3]；
13）種子的（3）[創1:11]；[創1:12]；[利27:16]；
14）精子（2）[利15:16]；[利15:17]；
15）子（2）[出16:31]；[民11:7]；
16）合（2）[利18:20]；[利19:20]；
17）他後裔（2）[創48:19]；[王上2:33]；
18）後裔中（2）[利22:3]；[耶22:30]；
19）孩子（2）[利22:13]；[撒上1:11]；
20）和你的後裔（2）[申28:46]；[申30:19]；
21）的種（2）[耶31:27]；[耶31:27]；
22）你的子孫（2）[創22:17]；[創22:17]；
23）他們後裔（2）[申31:21]；[斯9:31]；
24）兒子（2）[創4:25]；[創15:3]；
25）子孫（2）[創46:6]；[書24:3]；
26）你們的後裔（2）[創17:12]；[賽66:22]；
27）或他們的譜系（1）[拉2:59]；
28）種類（1）[拉9:2]；
29）有一後裔（1）[詩22:30]；
30）其後裔中（1）[斯9:28]；
31）他們的譜系（1）[尼7:61]；
32）你的種子（1）[伯39:12]；
33）也未見過他後裔（1）[詩37:25]；
34）後裔嗎（1）[賽57:4]；
35）一後裔（1）[結17:13]；
36）肥（1）[結17:5]；
37）（那）種的（1）[摩9:13]；
38）和你的⋯裔（1）[創17:9]；
39）及你的⋯裔（1）[創17:10]；
40）和他的後裔（1）[耶22:28]；
41）之後裔（1）[賽59:21]；
42）的苗裔（1）[賽6:13]；
43）穀種（1）[賽5:10]；
44）你所種的（1）[賽17:11]；
45）的糧食（1）[賽23:3]；
46）的種子（1）[賽57:3]；
47）的種類（1）[賽1:4]；
48）為著種子（1）[民20:5]；
49）種子上（1）[利11:38]；
50）後代（1）[創48:11]；
51）為精子（1）[利15:18]；
52）精（1）[利15:32]；
53）兒女（1）[利20:2]；
54）這裏有種子（1）[創47:23]；
55）他的子孫（1）[創46:7]；
56）她的後裔（1）[創3:15]；
57）撒種（1）[創8:22]；
58）願你的後裔（1）[創24:60]；
59）（那）後裔（1）[創38:9]；
60）你的後裔中（1）[利21:17]；
61）的後裔中（1）[利22:4]；
62）（那）種（1）[申22:9]；
63）你撒種（1）[申14:22]；
64）和你後裔（1）[申30:6]；
65）那後裔（1）[得4:12]；
66）你們糧食（1）[撒上8:15]；
67）後裔的（1）[申11:9]；
68）裔的（1）[申1:8]；
69）精的（1）[利22:4]；
70）淫（1）[民5:13]；
71）孕（1）[民5:28]；
72）他的種子（1）[民24:7]；
73）和我的後裔（1）[撒上20:42]