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title: אָנַף — be angry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָנַף (599), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: be angry. BDB 1906: vb. denom. be angry id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָנַף

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«אָנַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be angry** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 599 · **BDB:** אָנֵף

### Glosses

he.was.angry (6); will.you.be.angry (2); you.will.be.angry (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be angry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/599/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. be angry id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/599/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. from אַף be angry (MI id., cf. Arabic أَنِفَ, Assyrian etc. in deriv.)— Pf. אָנַפְתָּ ψ 60:3, etc.; Impf. יֶאֱנַף ψ 2:12, etc.;—be angry, of י׳; usually sq. בְּ 1 K 8:46 = 2 Ch 6:36; Is 12:1 ψ 85:6; Ezr 9:14; abs. ψ 60:3; 79:5; cf. also ψ 2:12. id. always sq. בְּ, \& alw. of י׳, Pf. הִתְאַנַּף Dt 1:37; 4:21; 9:20; Impf. וַיִּתְאַנַּף Dt 9:8; 1 K 11:9; 2 K 17:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָנַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/599/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 60:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.60.3/)

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אֱ֭לֹהִים זְנַחְתָּ֣נוּ פְרַצְתָּ֑נוּ אָ֝נַ֗פְתָּ תְּשׁ֣וֹבֵ֥ב לָֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* O.God you have.rejected.us you have.broken.out.against.us you.have.been.angry you.will.restore (to) us

*JPS 1917:* O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; O restore us.

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[Psalms 79:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.79.5/)

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עַד־מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תֶּאֱנַ֣ף לָנֶ֑צַח תִּבְעַ֥ר כְּמוֹ־אֵ֝֗שׁ קִנְאָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* until when? O.Yahweh will.you.be.angry? to perpetuity will.it.burn? like fire jealousy your

*JPS 1917:* How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?

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