יִזָּרֵ֑עַ — Deuteronomy 21:4 Hebrew Word Study

יִזָּרֵ֑עַ

𐤉𐤆𐤓𐤏

yizarea

sown

a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify; bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.

Deuteronomy 21:4 · Word #15

Lexicon `H2232`

Lemma	זָרַע
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤆𐤓𐤏
Transliteration	zâraʻ
Strong's	H2232
In-context	sown

Morphology `HVNi3ms` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`N` — Niphal — Simple passive or reflexive
Conjugation	`i` — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action
Person	`3` — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 `H2232-25`

he will be sown

Root	זרע (z-r-ʿ)
Core Meanings	sowing, scattering seed, planting, begetting, producing offspring
Semantic Range	to be sown, to be scattered as seed, to be planted, to be dispersed among peoples, to be established or propagated
Conceptual Significance	The imagery of being "sown" carries covenantal and prophetic resonance—Israel may be scattered like seed among the nations, yet with the implicit hope of future growth and restoration. The root links agricultural fertility with lineage and divine promise, portraying dispersion not as annihilation but as purposeful planting.
Morphological Notes	Verb, Niphal stem (passive/reflexive), imperfect (incomplete aspect), 3rd person masculine singular. The Niphal gives a passive sense: "to be sown."
Rendering Rationale	The verb is Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, indicating a passive or reflexive action in the future or incomplete aspect. "He will be sown" preserves the passive force of the Niphal stem and maintains the masculine singular subject, while directly reflecting the agricultural root meaning of זרע (to sow).

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root זרע (sowing, scattering seed, planting, begetting, producing offspring)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H3157-01`	beyizereel	in God-will-sow
`H2233-01`	bezaream	in their seed
`H2233-02`	bezareo	in his seed-offspring
`H2234-01`	bizera	with seed of
`H2220-01`	bizeroa	with an outstretched arm
`H2220-02`	bizeroo	in his sowing-arm
`H2232-01`	ezereah	Let me sow seed
`H3158-01`	hayizereeli	the man of Yizreel ("God-sows")
`H3159-01`	hayizereelit	the Yizreʿel-ite woman
`H2233-03`	hazara	the seed
`H2233-04`	hazera	the seed
`H2220-03`	hazeroa	the outstretched arm
`H2235-01`	hazeroim	the sown-crops
`H2232-02`	hazoreim	the sowing ones
`H2233-05`	kezera	like seed of
`H2233-06`	kizera	like the seed-of
`H2232-03`	lazorea	to the seed-sower
`H2214-01`	lezara	for seed
`H2233-07`	lezara	for seed
`H2233-08`	lezareakha	to your seed
`H2233-09`	lezareakhem	to your seed
`H2233-10`	lezareo	for his seed
`H2233-11`	lezera	for seed
`H2232-04`	lizeroa	to sow seed
`H2220-04`	lizeroo	to his arm
`H2232-05`	mazeria	seed-causing (masculine singular)
`H3157-03`	miyizereel	from God-sows (Yizreel)
`H2233-12`	mizareakha	from your seed
`H2233-13`	mizaream	from their seed
`H2233-14`	mizareo	from his seed
`H4218-01`	mizera	from the seed of
`H2233-15`	mizera	from the seed of
`H2220-05`	mizeroa	from the outstretched arm of
`H2232-06`	nizera	we sow seed
`H2232-07`	tazeria	she causes seed to be sown
`H2232-08`	tizara	she shall be sown
`H2232-09`	tizera	you shall sow seed
`H2232-10`	tizeraenu	you will sow him
`H2232-11`	tizerau	you men will sow seed
`H2232-12`	tizereu	you (men) will sow seed
`H2233-16`	ulezareakha	and to your seed
`H2233-17`	ulezaream	and to their seed
`H2233-18`	ulezareekha	and to your seed
`H2233-19`	ulezareo	and to his seed
`H2233-20`	umizareakha	and from your seed
`H2233-21`	umizareo	and from his seed
`H2233-22`	umizera	and from the sowing-seed of
`H248-01`	uveezeroa	and with an arm
`H2233-23`	uvezareakha	and in your seed
`H2233-24`	uvezareekha	and in your seed
`H2220-06`	uvizeroa	and with an outstretched arm
`H2220-07`	uvizeroakha	and by your outstretched arm
`H2220-08`	uvizeroi	and by my outstretched arm
`H2232-13`	uzeraetem	and you (masculine plural) shall sow seed
`H2232-14`	uzeraetiha	and I will sow her
`H2220-09`	uzeroa	and the outstretched arm-of
`H2220-10`	uzeroakha	and your outstretched arm
`H2220-11`	uzeroam	and their outstretched arm
`H2220-12`	uzeroay	and my arms
`H2220-13`	uzeroim	and outstretched arms
`H2220-14`	uzeroo	and his outstretched arm
`H2220-15`	uzeroot	and outstretched arms-of
`H2220-16`	uzerootayv	and his outstretched arms
`H2232-15`	vayizera	and he sowed
`H2232-16`	vayizeraeha	and he sowed her
`H2232-17`	vayizereu	and they sowed seed
`H2233-25`	vazera	and seed
`H2232-18`	veezeraem	and I will sow them
`H2220-17`	vehazeroa	and the outstretched arm
`H2232-19`	venizeraetem	and you were sown
`H2232-20`	venizereah	and she shall be sown (with seed)
`H3157-04`	veyizereel	and God-Sows
`H2232-21`	vezaraeti	and I will sow seed
`H2233-26`	vezareakha	your seed-offspring
`H2233-27`	vezaream	and their seed
`H2233-28`	vezareekha	and your seed-offspring
`H2233-29`	vezareekhe	and your seed-offspring (feminine singular)
`H2233-30`	vezareeykhem	and your sown-seeds
`H2233-31`	vezareo	and his seed
`H2233-32`	vezera	and seed
`H2232-22`	vezorea	and the one sowing seed
`H2232-23`	vezoreey	and sowers of
`H3157-05`	viyezereel	in God-sows
`H2220-18`	vizeroa	by an outstretched arm
`H2232-24`	yizara	he will be sown
`H2232-26`	yizera	he will sow seed
`H2232-27`	yizerau	they will sow
`H3157-06`	yizereel	God-Will-Sow
`H3157-07`	yizereelah	toward God-Sows
`H2233-33`	zara	seed
`H2232-28`	zara	seed
`H2233-34`	zareah	her seed
`H2233-35`	zareakha	your seed-offspring
`H2233-36`	zareakhem	your seed
`H2233-37`	zaream	their seed
`H2233-38`	zareekha	your seed
`H2233-39`	zareekhe	your (fem. sg.) seed
`H2233-40`	zarei	my seed
`H2233-41`	zareo	his seed
`H2232-29`	zareu	they have sown
`H2232-30`	zarua	sown
`H2232-31`	zera	seed
`H2233-42`	zera	seed
`H2232-32`	zeraetem	you all have sown seed
`H2235-02`	zereonim	sown-seeds
`H2220-19`	zeroa	outstretched arm
`H2220-20`	zeroakha	your outspread arm
`H2220-21`	zeroam	their outstretched arm
`H2220-22`	zeroayv	his outstretched arms
`H2220-23`	zeroekha	your outstretched arm
`H2220-24`	zeroey	outstretched-arms of
`H2220-25`	zeroi	my outspreading arm
`H2220-26`	zeroo	his outstretched arm
`H2220-27`	zeroot	outstretched arms of
`H2220-28`	zerootam	their outstretched arms
`H2220-29`	zerootay	my outstretched arms
`H2220-30`	zerootayv	his outstretched arms
`H2220-31`	zerooteyha	her outstretched arms
`H2220-32`	zerooteykhem	your outstretched arms
`H2221-01`	zerua	a sown-thing
`H2232-33`	zeruah	sown (feminine singular)
`H2221-02`	zerueyha	her sown-things
`H2232-34`	zireu	you men have sown seed
`H2232-35`	zorau	they have been sown
`H2232-36`	zorea	one sowing seed
`H2232-37`	zoreey	sowers of

Word Usage (56 occurrences of H2232)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 1:11	מַזְרִ֣יעַ	mazeria	bearing
Genesis 1:12	מַזְרִ֤יעַ	mazeria	yielding seed
Genesis 1:29	זֹרֵ֣עַ	zorea	yielding
Genesis 1:29	זֹרֵ֣עַ	zorea-2	yielding
Genesis 26:12	וַ/יִּזְרַ֤ע	vayizera	and sowed
Genesis 47:23	וּ/זְרַעְתֶּ֖ם	uzeraetem	and you shall sow
Exodus 23:10	תִּזְרַ֣ע	tizera	you shall sow
Exodus 23:16	תִּזְרַ֖ע	tizera	you-sow
Leviticus 11:37	יִזָּרֵ֑עַ	yizarea	is to be sown
Leviticus 12:2	תַזְרִ֔יעַ	tazeria	conceives
Leviticus 19:19	תִזְרַ֣ע	tizera	you shall sow
Leviticus 25:3	תִּזְרַ֣ע	tizera	you shall sow
Leviticus 25:4	תִזְרָ֔ע	tizera	you shall sow
Leviticus 25:11	תִזְרָ֔עוּ	tizerau	you-shall-sow
Leviticus 25:20	נִזְרָ֔ע	nizera	we sow
Leviticus 25:22	וּ/זְרַעְתֶּ֗ם	uzeraetem	and you shall sow
Leviticus 26:16	וּ/זְרַעְתֶּ֤ם	uzeraetem	and-you(pl)-will-sow
Numbers 5:28	וְ/נִזְרְעָ֥ה	venizereah	and she shall conceive
Deuteronomy 11:10	תִּזְרַע֙	tizera	you sow
Deuteronomy 21:4	יִזָּרֵ֑עַ	yizarea	sown
Deuteronomy 22:9	תִזְרַ֥ע	tizera	you shall sow
Deuteronomy 22:9	תִּזְרָ֔ע	tizera-2	you sow
Deuteronomy 29:22	תִזָּרַע֙	tizara	it is sown
Judges 6:3	זָרַ֣ע	zara	Israel had sown
Judges 9:45	וַ/יִּזְרָעֶ֖/הָ	vayizeraeha	and sowed it
2 Kings 19:29	זִרְע֧וּ	zireu	sow
Isaiah 17:10	תִּזְרָעֶֽ/נּוּ	tizeraenu	you will set
Isaiah 28:24	לִ/זְרֹ֑עַ	lizeroa	to-sow
Isaiah 30:23	תִּזְרַ֣ע	tizera	you sow
Isaiah 32:20	זֹרְעֵ֖י	zoreey	who sow
Isaiah 37:30	זִרְע֧וּ	zireu	sow
Isaiah 40:24	זֹרָ֔עוּ	zorau	have they been sown
Isaiah 55:10	לַ/זֹּרֵ֔עַ	lazorea	to the sower
Jeremiah 2:2	זְרוּעָֽה	zeruah	sown
Jeremiah 4:3	תִּזְרְע֖וּ	tizereu	sow
Jeremiah 12:13	זָרְע֤וּ	zareu	they have sown
Jeremiah 31:27	וְ/זָרַעְתִּ֗י	vezaraeti	and I will sow
Jeremiah 35:7	תִזְרָ֨עוּ֙	tizerau	shall you sow
Jeremiah 50:16	זוֹרֵ֨עַ֙	zorea	the sower
Ezekiel 36:9	וְ/נִזְרַעְתֶּֽם	venizeraetem	and you shall be sown
Hosea 2:25	וּ/זְרַעְתִּ֤י/הָ	uzeraetiha	and-I-will-sow-her
Hosea 8:7	יִזְרָ֖עוּ	yizerau	they sow
Hosea 10:12	זִרְע֨וּ	zireu	Sow
Micah 6:15	תִזְרַ֖ע	tizera	will sow
Nahum 1:14	יִזָּרַ֥ע	yizara	will be sown
Haggai 1:6	זְרַעְתֶּ֨ם	zeraetem	you have sown
Zechariah 10:9	וְ/אֶזְרָעֵ/ם֙	veezeraem	and-I-will-sow-them
Psalms 97:11	זָרֻ֣עַ	zarua	is sown
Psalms 107:37	וַ/יִּזְרְע֣וּ	vayizereu	and they sowed
Psalms 126:5	הַ/זֹּרְעִ֥ים	hazoreim	Those who sow
Proverbs 11:18	וְ/זֹרֵ֥עַ	vezorea	but-sows
Proverbs 22:8	זוֹרֵ֣עַ	zorea	he who sows
Job 4:8	וְ/זֹרְעֵ֖י	vezoreey	and those who sow
Job 31:8	אֶ֭זְרְעָה	ezereah	let me sow
Ecclesiastes 11:4	יִזְרָ֑ע	yizera	will sow
Ecclesiastes 11:6	זְרַ֣ע	zera	sow

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Lexicon H2232

Morphology HVNi3ms All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H2232-25

Words from Root זרע (sowing, scattering seed, planting, begetting, producing offspring)

Word Usage (56 occurrences of H2232)

Lexicon `H2232`

Morphology `HVNi3ms` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H2232-25`