Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 18:8
“And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2734 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2787 (חָרַר));
- KJV renderings
- be angry, burn, be displeased, [idiom] earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, [idiom] very, be wroth. See H8474 (תַּחָרָה).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּ֨חַר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 90 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:5Genesis 4:6Genesis 18:30Genesis 18:32Genesis 30:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָרָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.