זָרַקzâraq
to toss or throw (in a volume), scatter abundantly
Pronunciation: zaw-rak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2236
Meanings
Qal
1. toss (Exodus 9:8)
b. throw (Exodus 24:6; Leviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17)
c. water (Ezekiel 36:25)
2. profuse (Hosea 7:9; 2 Chronicles 26:19)
Pu`al: poured (Numbers 19:18; Numbers 19:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 35 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 9:8 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln, and have Moses toss it into the air while Pharaoh watches.
- Exodus 9:10 So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses threw the soot into the air, and boils broke out on people and animals alike.
- Exodus 24:6 Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.
- Exodus 24:8 Then Moses took the blood from the basins and splattered it over the people, declaring, “Look, this blood confirms the covenant the Lord has made with you in giving you these instructions.”
- Exodus 29:16 Then slaughter the ram, and splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.
- Exodus 29:20 Then slaughter it, and apply some of its blood to the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Also put it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).