Hot Anger בָּחֳרִי־אָֽף

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Sep 6, 2025 · 3m

We are still in chapter eleven of Exodus with our word for today, which is actually a phrase. בָּחֳרִי־אָֽף hot anger, fierce anger, great rage. It is used 5 times in the Old Testament. Literally hot nose. We have already looked at the word אָֽף nose and saw that it has to do with the flaring of your nostrils when you are angry so nostril, nose can be understood and translated as anger. Let’s look at all of the uses of our phrase. 1 Samuel 20:34 Jonathan got up from the table in בָּחֳרִי־אָ֑ף fierce anger; on that second day of the feast he did not eat, because he was grieved at his father’s…