זֶרַע
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. seed
2. seedtime (Biblical)
3. semen
4. offspring, descendants, scions
Pronunciation
zéra'
Examples17
כִּי־נָשְׂאוּ מִבְּנֹתֵיהֶם לָהֶם ולבְּנֵיהֶם וְהִתְעָרְבוּ זֶרַע הַקֹּדֶשׁ
For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons and they have mingled the holy race.
אַתָּה לֹא אָמוּר לֶאֱכֹל זְרָעִים.
You're not supposed to eat the seeds.
זֶרַע גָּדוֹל נָפַל עָלַי.
A big seed fell on me.
ציפורים אוֹכְלוֹת זְרָעִים.
Birds eat seeds.
הַחֻקִּים הַחֲדָשִׁים זרעו אֵת זרעי הַמַּהְפֵּכָה.
The new laws sowed the seeds of revolution.
לֹא יָדַעְתִּי שעצי תַּפּוּחַ גְּדֵלִים מִזְּרָעִים.
I didn't know apple trees grow from seeds.