Lexical Definition

‎זָרָה‎ zârâh (zaw-raw') to scatter ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎זוּר‎)

cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

• to toss about
• by implication, to diffuse, winnow

1) to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to scatter
1a2) to fan, winnow
1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal)
1c2) to winnow, sift
1d) (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out

See Greek: διασκορπίζω · διασπείρω · ἐκτείνω · καθαρός · λικμάω · πόρνη · σκορπίζω · σπείρω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎זָרָה‎] verb scatter, fan, winnow (Arabic cause to fly, scatter (of wind), winnow; Aramaic ‎דְּרָא‎, ; Ethiopic —

Qal Imperfect ‎וַיִּ֫זֶר‎ Exod 32:20 2 masculine singular ‎תִּזְרֶה‎ Ezek 5:2 suffix ‎תִּזְרֵם‎ Isa 30:22; Isa 41:16 ‎וָאֶזְרֵם‎ Jer 15:7 Imperative ‎זְרֵה‎ Num 17:2* Infinitive ‎לִזְרוֺת‎ Jer 4:11 Participle ‎זֹרֶה‎ Ruth 3:2; Isa 30:24 —

1. scatter, the powder into which golden calf was ground Exod 32:20 (E, object not expressed); with accusative (strange) fire from censers Num 17:2* (P); hair (symbolic act) Ezek 5:2; Isa 30:22.

2. fan, winnow, object ‎גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעוֺרִים‎ Ruth 3:2; Isa 30:24 (where participle has indefinite subject), Isa 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 Ezek 36:19 be scattered, dispersed, of Israel; Infinitive ‎בְּהִזָּרוֺתֵיכֶם‎ Ezek 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 1Kgs 14:15 ‎זִרֵ֑יתָ‎ Ps 139:3, suffix ‎זֵירִיתָ֫נוּ‎ Ps 44:12* ‎וְזֵרִיתִ֫י‎ Ezek 5:10 etc.; Infinitive ‎זָרוֺת‎ Ezek 20:23 etc.; —

1. (intensive of Qal) scatter, disperse, especially of peoples, with accusative (Israel and Judah) 1Kgs 14:15; Lev 26:33 (H), Ps 44:12*; Jer 31:10; Ezek 5:10; Ezek 5:12; Ezek 12:14; Ezek 12:15; Ezek 20:23; Ezek 22:15 compare Zech 2:2*; Zech 2:4* (twice in verse); Ps 106:27 bones of Israel Ezek 6:5 people of Hazor Jer 49:32 of Elam Jer 49:36 of Babylon Jer 51:2 (‎זָרִים‎ = strangers ?); Egyptians Ezek 29:12; Ezek 30:26 + Ezek 30:23 (strike out Co, internal grounds); in general the wicked Prov 20:26 evil Prov 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) Prov 15:7.

2. winnow, sift (compare Qal 2) only figurative ‎אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִ֑יתָ‎ Ps 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) Prov 1:17.

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