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title: זַעַף — storming · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַעַף (2197), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: storming. BDB 1906: n.m. storming, raging, rage. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַעַף

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«זַעַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **storming** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 2197 · **BDB:** זַ֫עַף

### Glosses

a.rage (2); \[the\].rage (1); rage (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

storming [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2197/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. storming, raging, rage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2197/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. storming, raging, rage (poet. and late)—ז׳ abs. 2 Ch 16:10; 28:9; cstr. Is 30:30 + 2 times; sf. זַעְפּוֹ Jon 1:15;— rage of king, leading to violence Pr 19:12 (‖ נַהַם כַּכְּפִיר), 2 Ch 16:10 (בְּז׳ עִמּוֹ עַל־זאת; ‖ כעם), 28:9; ז׳ אַף Is 30:30 raging of anger (of י׳); ז׳ י׳ Mi 7:9. raging of sea Jon 1:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זַעַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2197/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.12/)

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נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.roaring like.(the) young lion \[the\].rage of.a.king and.\[is\] like dew on grass favor his

*JPS 1917:* The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

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[Isaiah 30:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.30/)

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וְהִשְׁמִ֨יעַ יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־ה֣וֹד קוֹל֗וֹ וְנַ֤חַת זְרוֹעוֹ֙ יַרְאֶ֔ה בְּזַ֣עַף אַ֔ף וְלַ֖הַב אֵ֣שׁ אוֹכֵלָ֑ה נֶ֥פֶץ וָזֶ֖רֶם וְאֶ֥בֶן בָּרָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.cause.to.hear Yahweh (et) the.majesty his.voice his and the.lowering his.arm his he.will.show with rage of.anger and a.flame of.fire consuming a.driving.storm and a.rainstorm and stone\[s\] of.hail

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of His arm, with furious anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a bursting of clouds, and a storm of rain, and hailstones.

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