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# זָעֵף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2198

**out of humour** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

out of humour [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2198/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָעֵף: adj. out of humour, vexed [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2198/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. out of humour, vexed, only of Ahab 1 K 20:43; 21:4 (‖ סַר).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: furious (2).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 20:43](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.43/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.43/#tree)

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַל־בֵּית֖וֹ סַ֣ר וְזָעֵ֑ף וַיָּבֹ֖א שֹׁמְרֽוֹנָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.went the.king of.Israel to house his sullen and furious and he.went to Samaria

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.

[1 Kings 21:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.21.4/#tree)

וַיָּבֹא֩ אַחְאָ֨ב אֶל־בֵּית֜וֹ סַ֣ר וְזָעֵ֗ף עַל־הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו נָבוֹת֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־נַחֲלַ֣ת אֲבוֹתָ֑י וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עַל־מִטָּת֔וֹ וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו וְלֹֽא־אָ֥כַל לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and he.went Ahab to house his sullen and furious on the word which he.had.spoken to him Naboth the Jezreelite and he.said not I.will.give to you (et) the.inheritance my.ancestors my and he.lay.down on bed his and he.turned (et) face his and not he.ate food

*JPS 1917:* And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said: 'I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.' And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2198.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2198/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).