Hebrew · H2734, H639 · unreviewed

יִחַר־אַפִּי

To glow or grow warm ; figuratively (usually) to blaze up , of anger, zeal, jealousy · properly, the nose or nostril ; hence, the face , and occasionally a person ; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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חָרָה H2734 to glow or grow warm ; figuratively (usually) to blaze up , of anger, zeal, jealousy
Pronunciation ḥārāh
Anger as consuming fire: physical heat metaphor for divine or human wrath that burns and consumes the subject
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אַף H639 properly, the nose or nostril ; hence, the face , and occasionally a person ; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Pronunciation aph
Anger metaphorically rooted in nostril-flaring, the physical sign of divine or human wrath in OT covenant contexts.
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What does יִחַר־אַפִּי (yichar-appi) mean in the Bible?

חָרָה · אַף is a Hebrew word meaning "anger burned".

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Meaning

anger burned
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 27×
Perfect 2Kgs 23:26 · 2Sam 19:43 · 2Sam 22:8 · Gen 4:6 · Hab 3:8 · Hos 8:5 · Isa 5:25 · Job 32:2 · Job 32:3 · Job 42:7 · Jonah 4:4 · Jonah 4:9 · Num 11:33 · Ps 18:8 · Zech 10:3 16×
Jussive Exod 32:22 · Gen 18:30 · Gen 18:32 · Gen 31:35 · Gen 44:18 · Gen 45:5 · Judg 6:39
Imperfect 1Sam 20:7 · Deut 6:15 · Exod 32:11
Infinitive absolute 1Sam 20:7
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others
Jussive Prov 24:19 · Ps 37:1 · Ps 37:7 · Ps 37:8
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Perfect Neh 3:20
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