a.var describes becoming or being angry, whether of God in response to events or of a person in a destructive disposition.

The attested usage describes anger as a response or state: divine anger follows what is heard or addressed in Deuteronomy 3:26 and Psalm 78:21, while Proverbs places it in the conduct of a fool or one who provokes himself.

1. Becoming or acting in anger · dominant

   The Hithpael forms describe divine anger in response to what is heard or brought before God: in Deuteronomy 3:26 the APB renders the LORD as "angry with me," and in Psalm 78:21 and Psalm 78:59 it renders the response "became angry." The participles portray human anger in Proverbs 14:16, where the fool is rendered "angry and trusts," and Proverbs 20:2, where a person "angers himself" and sins against his own soul; Psalm 78:62 presents the completed action as God having "raged against his inheritance."

   Deuteronomy 3:26Proverbs 14:16Proverbs 20:2Psalm 78:21Psalm 78:59Psalm 78:62

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "angry" or "became angry" in Deuteronomy 3:26, Proverbs 14:16, Psalm 78:21, and Psalm 78:59, and "raged" in Psalm 78:62. In Psalm 89:39, its wording about disowning and profaning does not isolate the term's contribution.