זַעַף zaʻaph — anger
Translated in the KJV as indignation, rage, wrath.
from H2196; anger.
zaʻaph in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive construct 1
מִזַּעְפּֽוֹ Jonah 1:15 Infinitive construct
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›