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title: קָצַף — be wroth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָצַף (7107), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: be wroth. BDB 1906: vb. be wroth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָצַף

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«קָצַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be wroth** — 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:** 34 times · **Key:** 7107 · **BDB:** קָצַף

### Glosses

he.was.angry (12); I.was.angry (4); he.will.be.angry (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be wroth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7107/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be wroth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7107/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be wroth (NH id., Hiph. make wrathful (rare); Syriac ܩܨܰܦ be wrathful, also be anxious, fearful);— Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ Gn 41:10 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְצֹף Lv 10:6 +, etc.; Inf. cstr. קְצֹף Is 54:9; Pt. קֹצֵף Zc 1:15;—be wroth: of God; abs. Dt 1:34 Is 57:16, 17(×2); 64:4, 8; Zc 1:15; c. עַל against, Lv 10:6; Nu 16:22 (P), Dt 9:19; Is 47:6; 54:9; La 5:22; Zc 1:2, 15; Ec 5:5; c. אֶל Jos 22:18 (P). of man; abs. Est 1:12; 2:21; 2 K 5:11; c. עַל Gn 40:2; 41:10 (E), Ex 16:20; Lv 10:16; Nu 31:14 (P), Je 37:15; 1 S 29:4; 2 K 13:19. Pf. 2 ms. הִקְצַפְתָּ Dt 9:7; 2 mpl. הִקְצַפְתֶּם v 8; Impf. 3 mpl. יַקְצִיפוּ ψ 106:32; Inf. cstr. הַקְצִיף Zc 8:14; Pt. pl. מַקְצִפִים Dt 9:22;—provoke to wrath, c. acc. י׳ Dt 9:7, 8, 22; Zc 8:14; so (acc. om.) ψ 106:32. put oneself in a rage: Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְהִתְקַצַּף Is 8:21, of hard-pressed people.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «קָצַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7107/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.2/)

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קָצַ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה עַל־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם קָֽצֶף׃

*Word for word:* he.was.angry Yahweh towards ancestors your anger

*JPS 1917:* 'The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

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[Lamentations 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.22/)

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כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (if) utterly.(reject) you have.rejected.us you.are.angry towards us up.to muchness

*JPS 1917:* Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us!

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