Etymology?:
from zāraʿ זָרַע ‘to sow’
Roots:
זרע
zeraʿ n, m
1) seed, sowing, offspring
1a) a sowing
1b) seed
1c) semen virile
1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children
1e) of moral quality
1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.)
1f) sowing time (by meton)
Mentioned in Genesis 19:32, 19:34, 24:7, 26:3, 26:24, 28:13, 48:19, 17:19, 17:9, 21:12, 28:4, 35:12, 12:7, 15:3, 15:13, 15:18, 4:25, 28:14, 47:19, 47:23, 38:8, 38:9, 24:60, 17:8, 48:4, 9:9, 17:7, 17:10, 22:17, 3:15, 47:24, 1:29, 26:4, 48:11, 1:11, 1:12, 13:16, 15:5, 21:13, 16:10, 32:13, 7:3, 8:22, 13:15, 22:18, 46:6, 17:12, 46:7 Exodus 32:13, 33:1, 28:43, 16:31, 30:21 Codex Leviticus 22:13, 20:2, 21:17, 21:21, 22:4, 19:20, 27:16, 26:16, 15:16, 15:18, 20:3, 20:4, 22:3, 26:5, 18:20, 18:21, 21:15, 27:30, 11:37, 15:17, 15:32, 11:38 Numbers 24:7, 17:5, 14:24, 25:13, 5:13, 20:5, 5:28, 18:19, 11:7 Deuteronomy 1:8, 4:37, 10:15, 11:9, 34:4, 30:6, 28:46, 31:21, 28:59, 28:38, 11:10, 30:19, 22:9, 14:22 Joshua 24:3 1 Samuel 24:22, 1:11, 2:20, 20:42, 8:15 2 Samuel 7:12, 4:8, 22:51 1 Kings 18:32, 11:14, 11:39, 2:33 2 Kings 11:1, 25:25, 17:20, 5:27 Isaiah 41:8, 30:23, 5:10, 1:4, 55:10, 43:5, 6:13, 53:10, 45:19, 59:21, 66:22, 17:11, 57:4, 14:20, 65:23, 57:3, 65:9, 61:9, 44:3, 23:3, 54:3, 48:19, 45:25 Jeremiah 33:26, 31:27, 23:8, 35:7, 7:15, 49:10, 41:1, 2:21, 22:28, 30:10, 46:27, 22:30, 29:32, 36:31, 31:36, 31:37, 33:22, 35:9 Ezekiel 20:5, 43:19, 17:13, 44:22, 17:5 Amos 9:13 Haggai 2:19 Zechariah 8:12 Malachi 2:15, 2:3 Psalms 21:11, 105:6, 22:31, 37:28, 69:37, 126:6, 25:13, 106:27, 112:2, 102:29, 89:5, 37:25, 37:26, 22:24, 18:51, 89:37, 89:30 Proverbs 11:21 Job 39:12, 5:25, 21:8 Ruth 4:12 Ecclesiastes 11:6 Esther 6:13, 10:3, 9:27, 9:28, 9:31 Daniel 9:1, 1:3 Ezra 2:59, 9:2 Nehemiah 7:61, 9:2, 9:8 1 Chronicles 17:11, 16:13 2 Chronicles 20:7, 22:10