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|Text='''v. 21''' – This is a unique instance of niphal נשׂק "flares up" (SDBH),<ref>The ancient versions read ἀνήφθη, accensus est "was kindled" in the LXX and Jerome's Hebr.; "and fire went up" (ואישתא איתסקת) in TgPs; while the Syr. has the active "and fire ignited against Jacob" (ܘܢܘܪܐ ܐܚܕܬ ܒܝܥܩܘܒ).</ref> though see the use of the hiphil in Isa 44:15 and Ezek 39:9 with אַף as the subject in the former instance and a verbal parallel with the more common piel וּבִעֲרוּ "to set ablaze" in the latter.
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