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Judges 2:14

“And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חָרָהchârâh · khaw-raw'
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
יִּֽחַר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 90 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:5 Genesis 4:6 Genesis 18:30 Genesis 18:32 Genesis 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.

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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.