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title: זַלְעָפָה — raging heat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַלְעָפָה (2152), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: raging heat. BDB 1906: n.f. raging heat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַלְעָפָה

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«זַלְעָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **raging heat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2152 · **BDB:** זַלְעָפָה

### Glosses

\[the\].burning.heat(s) (1); burning.indignation (1); of.burning.heat(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

raging heat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2152/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. raging heat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2152/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. raging heat (on format. cf. GesLbg 863 Ol§ 196 a. 1. 2)—ז׳ ψ 119:53; pl. abs. זִלְעָפוֹת ψ 11:6; cstr. זִלְעֲפוֹת La 5:10;— of fever heat of famine ז׳ רָעָב La 5:10. of burning wind רוּח ז׳ ψ 11:6 (in fig. of י׳’s judgment, with אֵשׁ, גָּפְרִית). fig. of zeal ז׳ אֲחָזַתְנִי ψ 119:53.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זַלְעָפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2152/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.53/)

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זַלְעָפָ֣ה אֲ֭חָזַתְנִי מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים עֹ֝זְבֵ֗י תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* burning.indignation it has.seized.me from wicked.\[people\] \[who\].forsake law (of).your

*JPS 1917:* Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me, because of the wicked that forsake Thy law.

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[Lamentations 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.10/)

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עוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃

*Word for word:* skin our like an.oven they.have.grown.hot because of \[the\].burning.heat(s) of.hunger

*JPS 1917:* Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.

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