זָרָה

Qal Imperfect וַיִּ֫זֶר 2 Mos 32,20 2 masculine singular תִּזְרֶה Ezk 5,2 suffix תִּזְרֵם Es 30,22; Es 41,16 וָאֶזְרֵם Jer 15,7 Imperative זְרֵה 4 Mos 17,2 Infinitive לִזְרוֺת Jer 4,11 Participle זֹרֶה Rut 3,2; Es 30,24 —

1. scatter, the powder into which golden calf was ground 2 Mos 32,20 (E, object not expressed); with accusative (strange) fire from censers 4 Mos 17,2 (P); hair (symbolic act) Ezk 5,2; Es 30,22.

2. fan, winnow, object גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעוֺרִים Rut 3,2; Es 30,24 (where participle has indefinite subject), Es 41,16 metaphor, object mountains and hills, figurative of winnowing; figurative fan, winnow, in purification Jer 4,11 (|| לְהָכַ֑ר); in chastisement Jer 15,7(בְּמִזְרֶה ׳ז). Niph`al Imperfect וַיִּזָּרוּ Ezk 36,19 be scattered, dispersed, of Israel; Infinitive בְּהִזָּרוֺתֵיכֶם Ezk 6,8 when ye shall be dispersed (on plural suffix Ew<sup>§ 259 b</sup>, but Co strike out י). Pi`el Perfect suffix וְזֵרָם 1 Kong 14,15 זִרֵ֑יתָ Sl 139,3, suffix זֵירִיתָ֫נוּ Sl 44,12 וְזֵרִיתִ֫י Ezk 5,10 etc.; Infinitive זָרוֺת Ezk 20,23 etc.; —

1. (intensive of Qal) scatter, disperse, especially of peoples, with accusative (Israel and Judah) 1 Kong 14,15; 3 Mos 26,33 (H), Sl 44,12; Jer 31,10; Ezk 5,10; Ezk 5,12; Ezk 12,14; Ezk 12,15; Ezk 20,23; Ezk 22,15 compare Zak 2,2; Zak 2,4 (twice in verse); Sl 106,27 bones of Israel Ezk 6,5 people of Hazor Jer 49,32 of Elam Jer 49,36 of Babylon Jer 51,2 (זָרִים = strangers ?); Egyptians Ezk 29,12; Ezk 30,26 + Ezk 30,23 (strike out Co, internal grounds); in general the wicked Ord 20,26 evil Ord 20,8 participle מְזָרִים = substantive scatterers, epithet of winds Job 37,9 (compare Qor 51:1); וְזֵרִיתִי פֶּרֶשׁ עלפֿניכם Mal 2,3 scatter dung on your faces (token of shame and curse); figurative disperse knowledge (of lips) Ord 15,7.

2. winnow, sift (compare Qal 2) only figurative אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִ֑יתָ Sl 139,3 my path and my couch thou siftest (Che; Ba^{ZMG 1887, 607} measurest, determinest, whence זֶרֶת q. v.) Pu`al be scattered,Imperfect יְזֹרֶה Job 18,15, subject גָּפְרִית followed by עַל; Participle feminine מְזֹרָה (agreeing with רָשֶׁ֑ת net) Ord 1,17.