זֶ֗רַע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 זֶ֗רַע

   ZE-ra

   for seed
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א מְק֣וֹם זֶ֗רַע

   LO me-KOM ZE-ra

   no a place for seed
3. clause🔊 לֹ֣א מְק֣וֹם זֶ֗רַע וּתְאֵנָ֤ה וְגֶ֙פֶן֙ וְרִמּ֔וֹן וּמַ֥יִם אַ֖יִן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃

   LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT

   no a place for seed or figs or vine or pomegranate and water there is not to drink
4. sentence🔊 וְלָמָ֤ה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֙נוּ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לְהָבִ֣יא אֹתָ֔נוּ אֶל־הַמָּק֥וֹם הָרָ֖ע הַזֶּ֑ה לֹ֣א מְק֣וֹם זֶ֗רַע וּתְאֵנָ֤ה וְגֶ֙פֶן֙ וְרִמּ֔וֹן וּמַ֥יִם אַ֖יִן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃

   ve-la-MA he-e-li-TU-nu mi-mits-RA-yim le-ha-VI o-TA-nu el-ha-ma-KOM ha-RA ha-ZEH LO me-KOM ZE-ra u-te-e-NA ve-GE-fen ve-ri-MON u-MA-yim A-yin lish-TOT

   and why have you brought us up from Egypt to bring us to the place the evil this no a place for seed or figs or vine or pomegranate and water there is not to drink

Exegesis

The accumulative list zera {זֶרַע | zē·rāʿ} ‘seed’, te’enah {תְאֵנָה | te·’ê·nāh} ‘fig’, gefen {גֶפֶן | ge·p̄en} ‘vine’, rimon {רִמּוֹן | rim·mōn} ‘pomegranate’, mayim {מַיִם | may·yim} ‘water’ is rendered as a coordinated series in English to preserve the rhetorical build-up of scarcity.

Root and etymology

z-r-ʿ🔊 ז־ר־עzayin-resh-ayin

“seed, sowing”

• 🔊 זוֹרֵעַzoreasowerIsaiah 55:10