Lexical Definition

‎יִזְרְעֵאל‎ Yizrᵉʻêʼl (yiz-reh-ale') Jezreel ^N:N--L
from ‎זָרַע‎ and ‎אֵל‎; God will sow

Jezreel.

• § Jezreel = "God sows"
• Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites

n pr m
1) a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah
2) first son of Hosea the prophet
n pr loc
3) a city in the Nekeb of Judah
4) a city in Issachar on the northwest spur of Mount Gilboa

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יִזְרְעֶאל‎

1. proper name, of a location (God soweth; Sabean ‎אלדֿרא‎ Mordt^{ZMG 1879, 489}; see Lag^{BN 131}) — ‎׳‎‎י‎ Josh 15:56; 2Sam 2:9 +; ‎יִזְרְעֶ֑אל‎ 1Sam 25:43; Josh 17:16 +; ‎יִזְרְעֶ֫אלָה‎ Josh 19:18 + 6 t.:
a. city in the Negeb of Judah Josh 15:56; 1Sam 25:43 (home of Ahinoam, one of David's wives), site unknown; compare proper name, masculine 1Chr 4:3.
b. city in Issachar Josh 19:18 on northwest spur of Mt. Gilboa 2Sam 4:4 (compare 1Sam 31:1; 1Sam 31:8) 1Kgs 4:12 (compare 1Sam 31:10; 1Sam 31:12), modern Zer`în (Rob^{BR ii. 318 ff.} Bd^{Pal 244}), close to scene of great battle with Philistines 1Sam 29:1 (‎׳‎‎בְּעַיִן אשׁר בְיִז‎, compare Rob^{BR ii. 323}) v1Sam 29:11 subject to Ishbosheth 2Sam 2:9 (yet see below), residence of Ahab and Jehoram of Israel 1Kgs 18:45; 1Kgs 18:46; 1Kgs 21:1 (Naboth) 2Kgs 8:29 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 22:6 (twice in verse), 2Kgs 9:15 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 9:16; 2Kgs 9:17; 2Kgs 9:30; 2Kgs 10:11 compare ‎דְּמֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎יִז‎ Hos 1:4, and symbolical name of Hosea's son Hos 1:4 (compare Che); — in 2Kgs 10:1 for ‎׳‎‎שָׂרֵי יִז‎ read ‎שָׂרֵי‎ ‎שֹׁמְרוֺן‎ so ᵐ5. Used by Hosea as representing Israel, with play on etymology, Hos 2:24* (compare ‎וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ לִּי‎ ‎בָּאָרֶץ‎ v.Hos 2:25*), compare also ‎׳‎‎גָּדוֺל יוֺם יִז‎ v.Hos 1:2. Territory immediately about the city is ‎׳‎‎חֵלֶק יִז‎ 2Kgs 9:10; 2Kgs 9:36; 2Kgs 9:37 compare ‎׳‎‎חֵל יִז‎ 1Kgs 21:23 (read probably ‎חלק‎, see Th Klo after ᵑ6 ᵑ9; the adjacent plain is ‎׳‎‎עֵמֶק יִז‎ (compare Di Josh 17:16 Bd^{Pal 229}) Josh 17:16; Judg 6:33; Hos 1:5 (perhaps also = ‎׳‎‎יִז‎ 2Sam 2:9 above, || Gilead, Ephraim, Benjamin, etc.)

2. proper name, masculine a. Hosea's son Hos 1:4, compare 1 b above
b. Judahite name 1Chr 4:3, compare 1 a above

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