Words

חָרָה H2734

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flare

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

be wroth

Note

The burning of anger: impersonal with לְ (4:5–6, "it flared for Cain"); with אַף, "the nose flared" (30:2; Exod 32:10–11). Concrete (39). "Burn" is left for שָׂרַף

Rulings

39

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 4

• 4:5 but at Cain and at his gift he did not gaze. And it flared for Cain very much, and his face fell.
• 4:6 And said to Cain, "Why has it flared for you, and why has your face fallen?