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1 Samuel 8:15

“And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

זֶרַעzeraʻ · zeh'-rah
H2233 · Hebrew
Definition
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
Derivation
from H2232 (זָרַע);
KJV renderings
[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • זַרְעֵי — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
  • כֶ֥ם — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp
Usage
Occurs 229 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:29

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זֶרַע here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.