Original Language Studio
Psalms 119:53
“Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זַלְעָפָהzalʻâphâh · zal-aw-faw'
H2152 · Hebrew
H2152 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
- Derivation
- or זִלְעָפָהxlit zilʻâphâph corrected to zilʻâphâh; from H2196 (זָעַף);
- KJV renderings
- horrible, horror, terrible.
- Grammar
- זַלְעָפָ֣ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 11:6Lamentations 5:10
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 זַלְעָפָה 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.