Lexicon
חַרְחֻר
char.chur
H2746
H:N-M Hebrew

heat

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char.chur denotes the heat named among the afflictions with which the LORD strikes in Deuteronomy 28:22.

The attested use places the noun within a list of destructive afflictions: in Deuteronomy 28:22, the APB renders the sequence as including “heat” among conditions that strike and pursue the addressee.

Senses in use

  1. Heat as an inflicted affliction · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 28:22, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the list following the statement that the LORD will strike the addressee. The APB renders the verse’s sequence with “heat” alongside wasting disease, fever, inflammation, sword, blight, and mildew.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Deuteronomy 28:22, the APB includes “heat” in a list of afflictions. The verse supports the term’s place in that list more clearly than a precise English-word correspondence.

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