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title: קֶצֶף — wrath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶצֶף (7110), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: wrath. BDB 1906: n.m. wrath. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶצֶף

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«קֶצֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wrath** — 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:** 28 times · **Key:** 7110 · **BDB:** קֶ֫צֶף

### Glosses

wrath (18); anger (6); the.wrath (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wrath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7110/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wrath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7110/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 3:27 wrath;—abs. ק׳ Nu 1:53 +; קָ֑צֶף Jos 22:20 +; cstr. קֶצֶף Je 50:13 +; sf. קִצְפִּי Is 60:10; קֶצְפְּךָ ψ 38:2, קִצְפֶּ֑ךָ 102:11, קִצְפּוֹ Je 10:10;— of God: abs. Nu 17:11 (P), Dt 29:27 Is 60:10 Je 10:10; 21:5; 32:37; 50:13 ψ 38:2; 102:11 Zc 7:12; c. עַל against Nu 1:53; 18:5 Jos 9:20; 22:20 (P), 2 K 3:27 1 Ch 27:24 2 Ch 19:2, 10; 24:18; 29:8; 32:25, 26 Is 34:2 Zc 1:2, 15; בְּשֶׁצֶף ק׳ Is 54:8. of man (late), Est 1:18 Ec 5:16.—Ho 10:7 v. ii. קֶצֶף.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶצֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7110/), 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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[Psalms 38:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.2/)

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יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh do.not in anger your rebuke me and in wrath your chasten me

*JPS 1917:* O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger; neither chasten me in Thy wrath.

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