Word Study · Strong's H2152 · Hebrew

זַלְעָפָה

zalaphah

zal-aw-faw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: zalʻâphâh

“a glow (of wind or anger)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)

Rendered in the KJV as

horrible, horror, terrible.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

זַלְעָפָ֣ה1
זִלְעָפ֗וֹת1
זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת1

How it is rendered · 3

[the] burning heat of1
burning heat1
burning indignation1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

noun · feminine plural1
noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfpa · 1
HNcfpc · 1
HNcfsa · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms2 of 3 · 67%
Lamentations1 of 3 · 33%

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Psalms2 occurrences

Lamentations1 occurrence

Lamentations 5:10זַלְעֲפ֥וֹתzalafotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.here: [the] burning heat of

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