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zrˁ (a/a) vb. to sow
GCGt
Gpəˁalto sow3 senses▶
1
to sow
Common Aramaic
(1)
(without d.o.)
Common Aramaic
TgJ Mi6:15↗ אַת תִזרַע וְלָא תִחצוּד‏ ; P Gn26:12↗ ܘܙܪܥ݂ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܒܐܪܥܐ‏ ; BT MQ 9b(9)↗ יהי רעוא תזרע ולא תחצוד‏ : may it be (His) will (that) you should sow and not reap ; TgPs126:5↗ דזרעין בדמעתא בשבחתא יחצדון‏ : those who sow with tears shall reap with shouts of joy
(2)
(with d.o.)
(1)
(seed, etc.)
Common Aramaic
Fakh.19↗ wˀlp | šˁryn | lzrˁ wprys | lˀḥz | mnh : may he sow a thousand measures and get a prys from it ; Sf.1.a36↗ wyzrˁ bhn hdd mlḥ wšḥlyn : may Haddad sow salt and cress in them ; TgO Deut11:10↗ דִזרַעת יָת זַרעָך‏ ; BT Qid 39a(37)↗ ההוא גברא דקא זרע חיטי ושערי‏ : a certain man who was sowing wheat and barley ; DMI 3:2↗ uailik zira ḏzrit ; PJ Lev26:16↗ ותידרעון לריקנו זרעכון‏ : you shall sow your seed for no purpose
(2)
(land)
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Gen47:23↗ וְתִזרְעוּן יָת אַרעָא‏ ; TN Gen8:22↗ כל יומי דארעא זרעין‏ ; PJ Ex23:10↗ ושית שנין תדרע ית ארעך‏
(3)
fig.:
Common Aramaic
4QLeviaar.10.10108↗ דזרע טב טב מעל‏ : he who sows good harvests good ; TgJ Hos12:2↗ דָמַן לִדרוּחַ זָרַע וְעַלעוּל חָצֵיד‏ : they are like one who sows the wind and harvests a storm ; Gal6:7↗ ܡܸܕܸ݁ܡ ܕ݁ܙܵܪܲܥ ܓܸ݁ܝܪ ܒ݁ܲܪ ܐܼܢܵܫܵܐ܂ ܗܲܘ ܗܼܘ݂ ܚܵܨܸܕ݂‏ : for whatever a man sows, that he reaps ; JS_Elisha 35:27↗ ܥܲܕ ܩܲܝܵܡ ܠܵܟ ܙܲܒܢܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܸ̈ܐ ܙܪܽܘܥ ܝܽܘܠܦܵܢܵܐ‏ : while you still have some lifetime left sow instruction ; CTLevi ar a E.14↗ text not cited
(3)
(doubly trans.)
OfAEg, JLAtg, Syr
TAD D.1 5.A.13↗ וא̇ר̇עא̇ אזרע מלח‏ ; TgJ Jud9:45↗ וְתָרַע יָת קַרתָא וְזַרעַה מִלחָא‏ : he razed the city and sowed it with salt ; P 1Ch11:13↗ ܘܗܘܬ ܬܡܢ ܚܩܠܐ ܚܕܐ ܕܙܪܝܥܐ ܣܥܪ̈ܐ‏ : there was a certain field there sown with barley ; IshDeut 127:14↗ ܙܪܥܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܚܩ̈ܠܬܗܘܢ ܚܠܛܐ‏ : they were sowing their fields with mixed seed
2
to beget
Syr
IVMac10:2↗ ܗ݀ܘ ܐܒܐ ܕܠܗܠܝܢ ܕܡܝܬܘ ܙܪ݂ܥ܃ ܗ݂ܘ ܐܦ ܠܝ ܙܪ݂ܥ݂‏ : that father who begot those who have died begot me as well
(1)
(testicles) to be viable to beget, i.e., contain semen
JBA
BT Ḥul 93b(9)↗ הני ביעי דגדיא עד תלתין יומין שריין בלא {חליפה} <קליפה#20#>, מיכאן ואילך אי זרען אסירן, ואי לא זרען שריין‏ : a young animal's testicles are allowed up to 30 days without peeling (of the membrane), after that if they are viable they are forbidden, but if not viable, they are permitted
(2)
(penis) to produce seminal flow
JBAg
HM(1) 82:(1)9↗ מן דזרעין ליה מיא‏ : one who has watery seminal flow
3
fig. : to scatter like seed
Syr
Js 1:1↗ ܬ݂ܲܪ̈ܬ݁ܲܥܣܪܸܐ ܫܲܪ̈ܒ݂ܵܢ ܕ݁ܲܙܪܼ̈ܝܥܵܢ ܒ݁ܥܲܡܼܡܸ̈ܐ‏
Cˀafˁelto produce seed (plant)2 senses▶
1
to produce seed (plant)
PTA, Syr
TN Gen1:11↗ דמזריעין זרע‏ ; ExHex 9:31 text not cited
2
(semen) to inseminate
JBA
BT Nid 43a(38)↗ אזרועי הוא דלא מזרעא, טמויי מטמיא‏ : although it does not inseminate at all, it does indeed make (the man) impure
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be sown (seed, fruit)4 senses▶
1
to be sown (seed, fruit)
JLAtg, Sam, Syr, JBAg, LJLA
TgO Lev11:37↗ זֵירוּעַ דְיִזדְרַע דְכֵי הוּא‏ : whatever sowing might be sown is pure ; Anan 50:3↗ פרות דלא מזדרעין‏ ; PJ Lev11:37↗ וארום אין יפיל מנבילתהון על כל זרע זרעונין באורחא די יזדרע בנוגביה‏ : should any of their carcass fall on any seed particle on a route that can be sown, when it is dry
(1)
fig.: to be disseminated, embedded
CPA, Syr
LAIS 1.1:22↗ ܐ݁ܢ ܝܙܕܪܥܬ݁ ܒܟ ܚܫܒܐ ܒܝܫܐ‏ : should a bad thought become sown in you ; ThbK1 214:5↗ ܕܒܟܠܗܘܢ ܫ̈ܒܛܐ ܢܙܕܪܥ‏ : (that the tribe of Levi) should be disseminated among in all the tribes ; AphDem8.163:13↗ ܚܒ̈ܝܫܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ ܒܚܫܘܟܐ܂ ܘܢܦܩܢ ܠܢܘܗܪܐ܂ ܘܐܙܕܪܥܢ ܒܚܒܠܐ܂ ܘܩܡܢ ܒܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ‏ : we were wrapped in darkness but emerged to the light; embedded by ruin and rose in glory ; IshSong 219:21↗ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܐ ܬܬܥܝܛ ܒܚܘܫܒܗ݀ ܘܬܙܕܪܥ ܒܥܠܕܒܒܘܬܐ ܒܝܬ ܠܗ ܘܠܦܪܥܘܢ ܐܒܘ݂ܗ݀‏ : so that she would not become upset and enmity be sown between him and her father Pharaoh
2
to be sown (land)
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Deut29:22↗ כֹל אַרעַה לָא תִזדְרַע‏ ; TgJ Ez36:9↗ וְתִתפַלחוּן וְתִזדַרעוּן‏ : you (mountains of Israel) shall be worked and sown ; P Ez36:9↗ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܂܂܂ ܬܬܦܠܚܘܢ/ܕܬܬܦܠܚܘܢ/ ܘܬܙܕܪܥܘܢ‏ ; BT BB 83b(12)↗ זבין ליה תלת הג{א}<י> רומיתא דלא מזדרע ביניהו‏ : he sold him three "roman" thistles (the area) between which cannot be sown ; PJ Deut21:4↗ חקיל בייר דלא יתעביד ביה פולחן ארעא ולא יזדרע‏ : a barren field that no field work should be done on it nor be sown
3
to be conceived
JBA
AnanSch 6:9 ולאו דמזדרע אזדרועי‏ : not when (the firstborn) was actually conceived
4
to become impregnated
JBAg
Anan 60:22↗ מן כד מזדערא ועד דילדה‏ : from when she is impregnated until she gives birth
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LJLA also דרע by scribal hypercorrection (cf. drˁ "arm")
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 399[207]DJPA: 182aDJBA: 421aJastrow: 414Drower/Macuch: 170a, 171bJ. Payne-Smith: 121Levy Ch-W: 1:231Tal Sam: 240DNWSI: 340Audo: 1:296DCPA[Schulthess]: 114[58]DJA: 47bQumran: 73

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