BDB3107
חָרָה verb burn, be kindled, of anger (Aramaic חרי Pa`el cause, fire to burn (rare); Zinjirli חרא anger, NöZMG 1893, 98. 103; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1959] burning sensation, in throat, etc., from rage and pain) —
Qal
Perfect
׳
ח
Gen 4:6 + 20 t.;
Imperfect
יֶחֱרֶה
Exod 32:11 + 2
t.; יִ֫חַר
Gen 18:30 + 7
t.; וַיִּ֫חַר
Gen 4:5 + 46 t.;
Infinitive absolute
חָרֹה
1Sam 20:7 construct
חֲרוֺת
2Sam 24:1; Ps 124:3 —
1. of man:
a.
חרה אף (one's) anger was kindled, burned
Gen 39:19
; Num
22:27 (
J
),
Exod
32:19; Exod
32:22 (
J
E
), Judg
9:30
; Judg
14:19
; 1Sam 11:6
;
Job 32:2;
Job 32:5
with
בְּ
against
Gen 30:2 (
E
),
Gen 44:18
(
J
),
1Sam
17:28; 1Sam
20:30; 2Sam
12:5;
2Chr 25:10; Ps 124:3; Job 32:2; Job 32:3 with אֶל
Num 24:10
(
E
).
b. impersonal, אף omitted; חרה לְ
it was kindled for (him) he burned with anger
Gen 31:36
(
E
), Gen 4:5
;
Gen 4:6; Gen 34:7;
Num 16:15
(
J
),
1Sam
15:11 (read perhaps וַיֵּצֶר, Weir in Dr
), 1Sam 18:8
; 1Sam 20:7
(twice in
verse); 2Sam 3:8
;
2Sam 6:8 =
1Chr 13:11
;
2Sam 13:21
;
2Sam 19:43
;
Neh 3:33;
Neh 4:1; Neh 5:6; Jonah 4:1;
Jonah 4:4;
Jonah 4:9
(twice in
verse); insert ויחר לדוד
2Sam 11:22
ᵐ5
We
Dr; בְּעֵינֵי
׳
ח
Gen 31:35
; Gen 45:5
(
E
).
2. of God:
a.
אף
׳
ח
Exod 22:23
;
Num 22:22
(
E
), Num
11:1
; Num 11:10
;
Num 32:10
(
J
); with בְּ
Exod 4:14;
Exod 32:10
; Num 12:9
; Deut
31:17 (
J
), Deut
6:15
; Deut 7:4
; Deut
11:17; Deut 29:26; Josh 23:16 (
D
), Judg
6:39
; 2Sam 6:7
=
1Chr 13:10
;
Hos 8:5; 2Kgs 23:26
;
2Chr 25:15
;
Job 42:7
בְּעַם
Exod 32:11
;
Num 11:33
(
J
), Isa
5:25
;
Ps 106:40
בישׂראל
Num 25:3;
Num 32:13
(
J
E
); Judg
2:14
; Judg 2:20
;
Judg 3:8; Judg 10:7;
2Sam 24:1
; 2Kgs 13:3
בבני ישׂראל
Josh 7:1 (
R
); בנהרים, אף omitted, Hab 3:8 with עַל
Zech 10:3
.
b.
חרה לְ
Gen 18:30
; Gen
18:32 (
J
) 2Sam
22:8
= Ps 18:8
. —
Note:
חרה not in HP (who use קצף); nor in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isa2, Proverbs or poetry of Job.
Niph`al
Perfect
נִחֲרוּֿ followed by בְּ
Song 1:6
(according to Böii. 379
De
Kö1. 551) be angry with;
Participle
׳
כֹּל הַנֶּחֱרִים בְּ
all that are incensed against (thee)
Isa 41:11,
so Isa 45:24
.
Hiph`il
Perfect
הֶחֱרָה הֶחֱזִיק
Neh 3:20
burned with zeal (?) in repairing, but
ᵐ5
omit החרה; probably dittograph; Imperfect
וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֺ
Job 19:11
and kindled his anger against me.
Hithpa`el
Imperfect
אַל תִּתְחַר
Ps 37:1
; Ps 37:7
; Ps
37:8;
Prov 24:19
heat oneself in vexation. — The following forms are somewhat dubious:
Imperfect 2 masculine singular אֵיךְ
תְּתַחֲרֶה אֶתהַֿסּוּסִים
Jer 12:5
how canst thou hotly contend (in a race) with the horses ? Participle
כִּי
אַתָּה מְתַחֲרֶה בָאָ֑רֶז
Jer
22:15
because thou strivest eagerly (to excel) in cedar;
explained as Tiph`el by Thes
Ges«GKC:55»§ 55, 5
Ew§ 122 a
Ol§ 255 a
Sta§ 159 b
Köi. p. 557 and others, and regarded by most as a
rare causative stem; but ag. existence of Tiph`el see
BaNB § 180 a; ZMG 1894, 20; Ba
regards the form as denominative (from a noun formed by ת
preform., compare Aramaic
[untranscribed source text 1960]
contention); SS would point as Hithpa`el
[compare Syriac
[untranscribed source text 1961]
contend with,
[untranscribed source text 1962]
contention], although meaning of Hithpa`el is different, see above