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title: זָעַף — be out of humour · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָעַף (2196), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: be out of humour. BDB 1906: vb. be out of humour, vexed; be enraged. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָעַף

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«זָעַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be out of humour** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2196 · **BDB:** זָעַף

### Glosses

he (1); he.was.enraged (1); it.rages (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be out of humour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2196/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be out of humour, vexed; be enraged [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2196/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be out of humour, vexed; be enraged (Aramaic ܙܥܰܦ rage against, זְעַף to storm, זַעֲפָא storm; cf. Sam. ࠆࠏࠐblow, breathe)— Impf. יִזְעַף Pr 19:3; וַיִּזְעַף 2 Ch 26:19; Inf. וַעְפּוֹ 2 Ch 26:19; Pt. pl. זֹעֲפִים Gn 40:6 Dn 1:10;— be out of humour Gn 40:6 (E); dejected, of face Dn 1:10; sq. עַל Pr 19:3 fret against (AV). be enraged (late: cf. Aramaic above) 2 Ch 26:19; sq. עִם v 19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָעַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2196/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.3/)

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אִוֶּ֣לֶת אָ֭דָם תְּסַלֵּ֣ף דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְעַל־יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִזְעַ֥ף לִבּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].folly of.a.person it.subverts way his and towards Yahweh it.rages heart his

*JPS 1917:* The foolishness of man perverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

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[Jonah 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.1.15/)

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וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־יוֹנָ֔ה וַיְטִלֻ֖הוּ אֶל־הַיָּ֑ם וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הַיָּ֖ם מִזַּעְפּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and they.picked.up (et) Jonah and they hurled.him into the sea and it.stopped the sea from storming its

*JPS 1917:* So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.

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