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# יִזְרְעֶאל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3157

**Jezreel** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Jezreel [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3157/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יִזְרְעֶאל: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3157/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (God soweth; Sab. אלדֿרא Mordt ZMG 1879, 489; v. LagBN 131)—י׳ Jos 15:56 2 S 2:9 +; יִזְרְעֶ֑אל 1 S 25:43 Jos 17:16 +; יִזְרְעֶ֫אלָה Jos 19:18 + 6 times: city in the Negeb of Judah Jos 15:56 1 S 25:43 (home of Ahinoam, one of David’s wives), site unknown; cf. n.pr.m. 1 Ch 4:3. city in Issachar Jos 19:18 on NW. spur of Mt. Gilboa 2 S 4:4 (cf. 1 S 31:1, 8) 1 K 4:12 (cf. 1 S 31:10, 12), mod. Zerʿîn (RobBR ii. 318 ff. BdPal 244), close to scene of great battle with Philistines 1 S 29:1 (בְּעַיִן אשׁר בְיִז׳, cf. RobBR ii. 323) v 11; subject to Ishbosheth 2 S 2:9 (yet v. infr.), residence of Ahab and Jehoram of Isr. 1 K 18:45, 46; 21:1 (Naboth) 2 K 8:29(×2) = 2 Ch 22:6(×2), 2 K 9:15(×2), 16, 17, 30; 10:11 cf. דְּמֵי יִז׳ Ho 1:4, and symbolical name of Hosea’s son Ho 1:4 (cf. Che);—in 2 K 10:1 for שָׂרֵי יִז׳ read שָׂרֵי שֹׁמְרוֹן so 𝔊. Used by Hosea as representing Isr., with play on etymol., Ho 2:24 (cf. וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ לִּי בָּאָרֶץ v 25), cf. also גָּדוֹל יוֹם יִז׳ v 2. Territory immediately about the city is חֵלֶק יִז׳ 2 K 9:10, 36, 37; cf. חֵל יִז׳ 1 K 21:23 (read prob חלק, v. Th Klo after 𝔖 𝔙; the adjacent plain is עֵמֶק יִז׳ (cf. Di Jos 17:16 BdPal 229) Jos 17:16 Ju 6:33 Ho 1:5 (perh. also = יִז׳ 2 S 2:9 supr., ‖ Gilead, Ephr., Benj., etc.) n.pr.m. Hosea’s son Ho 1:4, cf. 1 b supr. Judahite name 1 Ch 4:3, cf. 1 a supr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Jezreel (2); of Jezreel (1).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 4:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.3/#tree)

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֲבִ֣י עֵיטָ֔ם יִזְרְעֶ֥אל וְיִשְׁמָ֖א וְיִדְבָּ֑שׁ וְשֵׁ֥ם אֲחוֹתָ֖ם הַצְלֶלְפּֽוֹנִי׃

*Word for word:* and these \[were\].the.father of.Etam Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash and the.name their.sister their \[was\].Hazelelponi

*JPS 1917:* And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;

[Hosea 1:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.1.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.1.4/#tree)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו קְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יִזְרְעֶ֑אל כִּי־ע֣וֹד מְעַ֗ט וּפָ֨קַדְתִּ֜י אֶת־דְּמֵ֤י יִזְרְעֶאל֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית יֵה֔וּא וְהִ֨שְׁבַּתִּ֔י מַמְלְכ֖וּת בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to him call name his Jezreel (dm) yet a.little and I.will.visit (et) the.blood(s) of.Jezreel on the.house of.Jehu and I.will.put.an.end.to the.kingdom of.the.house of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said unto him: 'Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3157.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3157/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).