burning
cho.ri denotes burning intensity, most often in anger and once in a land’s burning devastation.
The attested use most often concerns anger presented as burning or fierce intensity, whether in a person’s response or in anger directed against a people. In Deuteronomy 29:23, the same construct noun occurs in a description of brimstone, salt, and a land’s burning condition.
Senses in use
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Burning intensity of anger · dominant
In 1 Samuel 20:34 the construct noun occurs as Jonathan leaves the table after being grieved for David; the APB renders the closing clause “in burning anger.” Exodus 11:8 similarly places it with Moses’ departure from Pharaoh, while Isaiah 7:4 speaks of fierce anger associated with Rezin, Aram, and the son of Remaliah. In 2 Chronicles 25:10 and Lamentations 2:3, the APB presents anger as burning greatly and as the burning of anger against Israel and Jacob.
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Burning devastation of land · rare
In Deuteronomy 29:23 the construct noun stands in the description “Brimstone and salt, a burning,” followed by land that will not be sown, sprout, or produce vegetation. The APB’s wording presents a destructive burned condition rather than an individual’s emotional response.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “burning anger,” “hot anger,” or “fierce anger,” and in Lamentations 2:3 with “the burning of his anger.” In Deuteronomy 29:23 it renders the clause “Brimstone and salt, a burning”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.