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תזריע TAZRIA, Lev. 12:2

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:16 am
by Isaac Fried
We read there:
אִשָּׁה כִּי תַזְרִיעַ וְיָלְדָה זָכָר
NIV: "A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son"
in which תַזְרִיעַ = אתה-זר-היא-ע (from the root זרע related to זרה), with the common understanding that both PP אתה and היא refer to the woman, not to the man.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

Re: תזריע TAZRIA, Lev. 12:2

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:30 pm
by Isaac Fried
The root זרע is a bona fide member of the family of roots
[font=]דרא
זרא, זרה, זרע
ירא, ירה, ירע
סרה
צרה, צרע
שרה, שרע[/font]
all having the kernel meaning of 'cast, spread'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University