וְ/זֹרְעֵ֖י
𐤅/𐤆𐤓𐤏𐤉
zâraʻ
and those who sow
To sow or scatter seed; by extension, to plant, to seed the ground. The term also figuratively refers to producing offspring, propagating, or disseminating (ideas, descendants, or actions) in various contexts. In agricultural settings it denotes the actual act of planting seeds in the ground; in familial and genealogical settings, it conveys the idea of fathering or bringing about progeny or descendants; and figuratively in poetic and prophetic literature, it may refer to spreading or causing something to multiply or propagate.
Job 4:8 · Word #5
Lexicon H2232
| Lemma | זָרַע |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤆𐤓𐤏 |
| Transliteration | zâraʻ |
| Strong's | H2232 |
| Definition | To sow or scatter seed; by extension, to plant, to seed the ground. The term also figuratively refers to producing offspring, propagating, or disseminating (ideas, descendants, or actions) in various contexts. In agricultural settings it denotes the actual act of planting seeds in the ground; in familial and genealogical settings, it conveys the idea of fathering or bringing about progeny or descendants; and figuratively in poetic and prophetic literature, it may refer to spreading or causing something to multiply or propagate. |
Morphology HC/Vqrmpc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and those who sow |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2232-23
and sowers of
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine plural, construct state, with prefixed conjunction וְ |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine plural in construct denotes male agents characterized by the act of sowing, linked to what follows; "sowers of" preserves both the participial force and the construct relationship, with the prefixed conjunction rendered as "and." |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and sowers of
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | 'Sowers of' reflects the correct participial plural form in context, and 'and' at the start is needed for the vav-prefixed form. The P1 misses the conjunction; thus, adjusting to 'and sowers of.' |