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Job 21:8
“Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זֶרַעzeraʻ · zeh'-rah
H2233 · Hebrew
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
- זַרְעָ֤ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
- 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.
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.