זָרַק

vb. to toss or throw (in a volume), scatter abundantly (NH id.; Aramaic זְרַק id., ܙܪܰܩ disperse; Assyrian zarâḳu Lotz TP 138 Jäger BAS ii. 292 Anm.; cf. also Arabic زَرَقَ cast at, pierce, زَرَّاقَةٌ and مِزْرَاقٌ javelin = Ethiopic ምዝራቅ )— Pf. ז׳ Ex 24:6 Lv 17:6, sf. זְרָקוֹ Ex 9:8, זָֽרְקָה Ho 7:9 (12 times Pf.); Impf. יִזְרֹק Lv 7:2 + 16 times; Inf. לִזְרֹק Ez 43:18; Imv. זְרֹק Ez 10:2; Pt. זֹרֵק Lv 7:14, pl. זֹרְקִים 2 Ch 30:16; toss (in handfuls, v. Ex 9:8; or from a bowl, מִזְרָק; opp. הִזָּה to sprinkle with the finger): cummin Is 28:25, dust, sq. עַל 2 Ch 34:4 Jb 2:12; ashes השׁמימה, heavenward, Ex 9:8, 10 (P), coals of fire על העיר Ez 10:2. blood, על (ה)מזבח throw (from a bowl) against the altar Ex 24:6 (JE), Lv 17:6 (H), Nu 18:17 (P), 2 K 16:13, 15 Ez 43:18, especially in the ritual, על המזבח סביב against the altar round about Ex 29:16, 20 Lv 1:5, 11; 3:2, 8, 13; 7:2; 8:19, 24; 9:12, 18 (all P); sq. על העם Ex 24:8 (JE), sq. המזבחה 2 Ch 29:22(×3); without designation of place Lv 7:14 (P), 2 Ch 30:16; 35:11. water for purification, sq. על, Ez 36:25. intrans. (si vera l.) Ho 7:9 גַּם שֵׂיבָה זָֽרְקָה בּוֹ grey hairs are profuse upon him (?read זָֽרְחָה, as in 2 Ch 26:19). Pf. זֹרַק, of water of purification poured over (עַל) one defiled by a corpse Nu 19:13, 20 (P).