מְזָרֶה

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<sup>§ 259 b</sup>, 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; Ba^{ZMG 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.