זָרָהzârâh

Meanings

Same root

• זוּרzûwr · H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
• זָרָאzârâʼ · H2214disgust
• זֶרֶתzereth · H2239the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
• מִזְרֶהmizreh · H4214a winnowing shovel (as scattering the chaff)
• מְזָרֶהmᵉzâreh · H4215properly, a scatterer, i.e. the north wind (as dispersing clouds; only in plural)

Where it appears

Appears 39 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 32:20 He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.
• Leviticus 26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.
• Numbers 16:37 “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pull all the incense burners from the fire, for they are holy. Also tell him to scatter the burning coals.
• Ruth 3:2 Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.
• 1 Kings 14:15 Then the Lord will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the Lord with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.
• Job 18:15 The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.