זַלְעָפָה
zalʻâphâh · zal-aw-faw'
a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
Lexicon
Derivation: or זִלְעָפָהxlit zilʻâphâph corrected to zilʻâphâh; from H2196 (זָעַף);
a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
- a glow (of wind or anger)
- also, a famine (as consuming)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: horrible, horror, terrible.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads › to see and know › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זַלְעָפָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and an horrible1 · 33%
- horror1 · 33%
- of the terrible1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.