זָעַף

Biblical Hebrew

be 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

be out of humour tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָעַף: vb. be out of humour, vexed; be enraged tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be out of humour, vexed; be enraged (Aramaic ܙܥܰܦ rage against, זְעַף to storm, זַעֲפָא storm; cf. Sam. ࠆࠏࠐblow, breathe)— Impf. יִזְעַף Pr 19:3; וַיִּזְעַף 2 Ch 26:19; Inf. וַעְפּוֹ 2 Ch 26:19; Pt. pl. זֹעֲפִים Gn 40:6 Dn 1:10;— be out of humour Gn 40:6 (E); dejected, of face Dn 1:10; sq. עַל Pr 19:3 fret against (AV). be enraged (late: cf. Aramaic above) 2 Ch 26:19; sq. עִם v 19.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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: [were] looking dejected (1); looking thin (1).

In the verses

Genesis 40:6 · tree →

וַיָּבֹ֧א אֲלֵיהֶ֛ם יוֹסֵ֖ף בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיַּ֣רְא אֹתָ֔ם וְהִנָּ֖ם זֹעֲפִֽים׃

Word for word: and he.came to them Joseph in the morning and he.saw them and there they [were].looking.dejected

JPS 1917: And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.

Daniel 1:10 · tree →

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר שַׂ֤ר הַסָּרִיסִים֙ לְדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל יָרֵ֤א אֲנִי֙ אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מִנָּ֔ה אֶת־מַאֲכַלְכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מִשְׁתֵּיכֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֡ר לָמָּה֩ יִרְאֶ֨ה אֶת־פְּנֵיכֶ֜ם זֹֽעֲפִ֗ים מִן־הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כְּגִֽילְכֶ֔ם וְחִיַּבְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־רֹאשִׁ֖י לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Word for word: and he.said the.chief of the.officials to Daniel [am].fearing I (et) master my the king who he.has.assigned (et) food your and (et) drink your that why? will.he.see (et) faces your looking.thin more.than the youths who [are].about age your and you.will.endanger (et) head my to the king

JPS 1917: And the chief of the officers said unto Daniel: 'I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces sad in comparison with the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king.'

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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).

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