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==Ancient Setting==
==Ancient Setting==
==Target Domains==
==Target Domains==
====Anger====
*In [[Psalm 2]], the image of fire maps onto Yahweh's anger (2:5, 12).
*In [[Psalm 2]], the image of fire maps onto Yahweh's anger (2:5, 12).


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 09:55, 15 February 2020

Key Words

Word Gloss Ref.
אֵשׁ "fire" Ps.
חָרוֹן "[burning] anger" Ps. 2:5
בער "to burn" Ps. 2:12
  • While חרה and its derivatives refer literally to burning, "both the verb and the subst. of the root חרה are used only fig. in the psychological realm."[1]

Ancient Setting

Target Domains

Anger

  • In Psalm 2, the image of fire maps onto Yahweh's anger (2:5, 12).

References

  1. G. Saur, חרה TLOT