Lexicon
עִיר
ir
H5892A
H:N-M Hebrew

excitement

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

ir denotes heightened agitation in clauses of wrath and terror.

The attested use points to heightened agitation in contexts of destructive anger and terror: Hosea 11:9 speaks of not coming in wrath, while Jeremiah 15:8 describes terror falling suddenly.

Senses in use

  1. Heightened agitation in judgment scenes · dominant

    Both occurrences are masculine singular absolute nouns in scenes of distress. In Hosea 11:9 the APB renders the surrounding clause "I will not come in wrath," and in Jeremiah 15:8 it renders a sudden falling of "anguish and terror" upon her; the translation does not identify a one-to-one English equivalent for the noun.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two clauses with "wrath" in Hosea 11:9 and "terror" in Jeremiah 15:8. Because it is a whole-verse translation, its exact English contribution cannot be isolated with certainty.

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