Strong's Lexicon

H4215

H4215 — מְזָרֶה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmzarehprt.Occurrences: 1TWOT: 579a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4215
Word:מְזָרֶה
Part of Speech:prt.
Etymology:apparently from H2219
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:mzareh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mez-aw-reh'
Meaning:1. (properly) a scatterer, i.e. the north wind (as dispersing clouds 2. only in plural)
KJV Renderings:north.

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BDB2446

[זָרָה] verb scatter, fan, winnow (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1553] cause to fly, scatter (of wind), winnow; Aramaic דְּרָא , [untranscribed source text 1554]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1555]

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§ 259 b, 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 ; BaZMG 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.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מזרה (miz-reh’)

Isaiah 30:24

KJV: The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.clean: or, savoury: Heb. leavened
EHCC: with the shovel and with the fan.

Jeremiah 15:7

KJV: And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.children: or, whatsoever is dear
EHCC: 1 will fan them with a fan
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