--- title: זָרָה — scatter · The Tanakh dictionary description: זָרָה (2219), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: scatter. BDB 1906: vb. sf. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2219.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1494-2.md)‎ / זָרָה‎ # זָרָה «זָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scatter** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 2219 · **BDB:** זָרָה ### Glosses I (6); I.will.disperse (6); you (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) scatter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2219/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. sf. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2219/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. scatter, fan, winnow (Arabic ذَرَا cause to fly, scatter (of wind), winnow; Aramaic דְּרָא, ܕܪܳܐ; Ethiopic ዘረወ: )— Impf. וַיִּ֫זֶר Ex 32:20; 2 ms. תִּזְרֶה Ez 5:2; sf. תִּזְרֵם Is 30:22; 41:16; וָאֶזְרֵם Je 15:7; Imv. זְרֵה Nu 17:2; Inf. לִזְרוֹת Je 4:11; Pt. זֹרֶה Ru 3:2 Is 30:24;— scatter, the powder into which golden calf was ground Ex 32:20 (E, obj. not expr.); c. acc. (strange) fire from censers Nu 17:2 (P); hair (symbol. act) Ez 5:2; Is 30:22. fan, winnow, obj. גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעוֹרִים Ru 3:2 Is 30:24 (where pt. has indef. subj.), 41:16 metaph., obj. mountains and hills, fig. of winnowing; fig. fan, winnow, in purification Je 4:11 (‖ לְהָכַ֑ר); in chastisement Je 15:7 (ז׳ בְּמִזְרֶה). Impf. וַיִּזָּרוּ Ez 36:19 be scattered, dispersed, of Israel; Inf. בְּהִזָּרוֹתֵיכֶם Ez 6:8 when ye shall be dispersed (on pl. sf. Ew§ 259 b, but Co del. י). Pf. sf. וְזֵרָם 1 K 14:15; זֵרִ֑יתָ ψ 139:3, sf. זֵרִיתָ֫נוּ ψ 44:12; וְזֵרִיתִ֫י Ez 5:10 etc.; Inf. זָרוֹת Ez 20:23 etc.;— (intens. of Qal) scatter, disperse, especially of peoples, c. acc. (Israel and Judah) 1 K 14:15 Lv 26:33 (H), ψ 44:12 Je 31:10 Ez 5:10, 12; 12:14, 15; 20:23; 22:15 cf. Zc 2:2, 4(×2) ψ 106:27; bones of Israel Ez 6:5; people of Hazor Je 49:32; of Elam 49:36; of Babylon 51:2 (זָרִים = strangers?); Egyptians Ez 29:12; 30:26 + 30:23 (del. Co, intern. grounds); in general the wicked Pr 20:26; evil 20:8; pt. מְזָרִים = subst. scatterers, epith. of winds Jb 37:9 (cf. Qor 51:1); וְזֵרִיתִי פֶּרֶשׁ על־פניכם Mal 2:3 scatter dung on your faces (token of shame and curse); fig. disperse knowledge (of lips) Pr 15:7. winnow, sift (cf. Qal 2) only fig. אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִ֑יתָ ψ 139:3 my path and my couch thou siftest (Che; BaZMG 1887, 607 measurest, determinest, whence זֶרֶת, q.v.) be scattered, Impf. יְזֹרֶה Jb 18:15, subj. גָּפְרִית, sq. עַל; Pt. f. מְזֹרָה (agreeing with רָ֑שֶׁת net) Pr 1:17. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «זָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2219/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 15:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.7/) שִׂפְתֵ֣י חֲ֭כָמִים יְזָ֣רוּ דָ֑עַת וְלֵ֖ב כְּסִילִ֣ים לֹא־כֵֽן׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].lips of.wise.\[people\] they.scatter knowledge and.\[the\] heart of.fools \[is\].not right *JPS 1917:* The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; but the heart of the foolish is not stedfast. [Proverbs 20:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.26/) מְזָרֶ֣ה רְ֭שָׁעִים מֶ֣לֶךְ חָכָ֑ם וַיָּ֖שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם אוֹפָֽן׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].winnowing wicked.\[people\] a.king wise and he.brought.back over them a.wheel *JPS 1917:* A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them. - ← previous: [זֶרֶד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2218.md) - next →: [זרה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2237.md) - ↑ back to [ז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1494-2.md)