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title: זָעֵף — out of humour · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָעֵף (2198), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: out of humour. BDB 1906: adj. out of humour, vexed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָעֵף

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«זָעֵף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2198 · **BDB:** זָעֵף

### Glosses

furious (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

out of humour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2198/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. out of humour, vexed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2198/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. out of humour, vexed, only of Ahab 1 K 20:43; 21:4 (‖ סַר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «זָעֵף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2198/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 20:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.43/)

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וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַל־בֵּית֖וֹ סַ֣ר וְזָעֵ֑ף וַיָּבֹ֖א שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.went the.king of.Israel to house his sullen and furious and he.went to Samaria

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.

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[1 Kings 21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.4/)

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וַיָּבֹא֩ אַחְאָ֨ב אֶל־בֵּית֜וֹ סַ֣ר וְזָעֵ֗ף עַל־הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו נָבוֹת֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־נַחֲלַ֣ת אֲבוֹתָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עַל־מִטָּת֔וֹ וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו וְלֹֽא־אָ֥כַל לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Ahab to house his sullen and furious on the word which he.had.spoken to him Naboth the Jezreelite and he.said not I.will.give to you (et) the.inheritance my.ancestors my and he.lay.down on bed his and he.turned (et) face his and not he.ate food

*JPS 1917:* And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said: 'I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.' And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

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