The meaning of “יִזְרְעֵאל”
Understanding Yizrᵉʻêʼl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Jezreel. - § Jezreel = "God sows" - Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites n pr m 1) a desce...
יִזְרְעֵאל
Jezreel. - § Jezreel = "God sows" - Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites n pr m 1) a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah 2) first son of Hosea the prophet n pr loc 3) a city in the Nekeb of Judah 4) a city in Issachar on the northwest spur of Mount Gilboa
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua 17:16 | “And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.” Word: יִזְרְעֵאל (Yizrᵉʻêʼl) | |
| Judges 6:33 | “Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.” Word: יִזְרְעֵאל (Yizrᵉʻêʼl) | |
| 1 Samuel 29:1 | “Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.” Word: יִזְרְעֵאל (Yizrᵉʻêʼl) | |
| 2 Samuel 4:4 | “And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.” Word: יִזְרְעֵאל (Yizrᵉʻêʼl) | |
| 1 Kings 18:46 | “And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. ” Word: יִזְרְעֵאל (Yizrᵉʻêʼl) |