Word

זַלְעָפָה

zalʻâphâh · H2152 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

heat

A rise of temperature, of natural cause

Examples
Psalm 11:6 He will rain coals of fire upon the wicked, And brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
hot indignation, rage

A state of strong displeasure, described as a rise in temperature

Examples
Psalm 119:53 Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who abandon Your Law.
feverish heat

A body condition caused by lack of food, described as a rise in temperature

Examples
Lamentations 5:10 Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רָעָבfamine, hunger 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָחַזto seize, to hold 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
רוּחַspirit, wind 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

אֵימָה ʼêymâh · H367 · terror, dread, fierce anger: Both words denote horror and terror, used of fear or fierce emotion.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Hot002001001034: זַלְעָפָה denotes a burning heat, the scorching wind God rains down on the wicked alongside fire and brimstone.
Angry002001002002: The word also names burning indignation, the psalmist's zealous anger against those who forsake God's law.
Weak002001001069: The term can further describe a faint or overwhelmed condition brought on by such intense heat or horror.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

זָעַף zâʻaph · H2196 · to be furious, to look unhealthy · 6×זַעַף zaʻaph · H2197 · rage, raging · 5×זַלְעָפָהzalʻâphâh · H2152זָעֵף zâʻêph · H2198 · furious · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2152. zalaphah זַלְעָפָה noun feminine raging heat (on formation compare GesLbg 863 Ol§…

H2152. zalaphah
זַלְעָפָה noun feminine raging heat (on formation compare GesLbg 863 Ol§ 196 a. 1. 2) — ׳ז Psa 119:53; plural absolute זִלְעָפוֺת Psa 11:6; construct זִלְעֲפוֺת Lam 5:10; —
1 of fever heat of famine ׳ז רָעָב Lam 5:10.
2 of burning wind ז ׳רוּח Psa 11:6 (in figurative of ׳יs judgment, with גָּפְרִית אֵשׁ,).
3 figurative of zeal ׳ז אֲחָזַתְנִי Psa 119:53.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Hot1 occurrence Weak1 occurrence Angry1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0