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2 Samuel 3:8
“Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?” (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
- יִּחַר֩ — 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.