חרה

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈʁa/
• Homophone: חָרָא (khará)

חָרָה • (khará) (pa'al construction, future יֶחֱרֶה)

1. (impersonal, dated) for anger to burn in someone (with לְ־ (l'-))
   • Tanach, Genesis 4:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְאֶל־קַיִן וְאֶל־מִנְחָתוֹ לֹא שָׁעָה וַיִּחַר לְקַיִן מְאֹד וַיִּפְּלוּ פָּנָיו׃

     v'el-káyin v'el-minkható ló sha'á vayíkhar l'káyin m'ód vayip'lú panáv.
     wəʾel-qáyin wəʾel-minḥāṯō lō šāʿā wayyíḥar ləqáyin məʾōḏ wayyippəlū pānāw.

     but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

   • Tanach, Jonah 4:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה הַהֵיטֵב חָרָה לָךְ׃

     vayómer YHVH hahetév khará lákh.
     wayyṓmer YHWH hahēṭēḇ ḥārā lāḵ.

     And the LORD said: ‘Art thou greatly angry?’

2. (Biblical Hebrew, intransitive) to burn
   • Tanach, Isaiah 24:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     עַל־כֵּן אָלָה אָכְלָה אֶרֶץ וַיֶּאְשְׁמוּ יֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ עַל־כֵּן חָרוּ יֹשְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ וְנִשְׁאַר אֱנוֹשׁ מִזְעָר׃

     'al-kén 'alá 'akh'lá 'érets vaye'sh'mú yosh'véi váh 'al-kén kharú yosh'véi 'érets v'nish'ár 'enósh miz'ár.
     ʿal-kēn ʾālā ʾāḵəlā ʾéreṣ wayyeʾšəmū yōšəḇē ḇāh ʿal-kēn ḥārū yōšəḇē ʾéreṣ wənišʾar ʾĕnōš mizʿār.

     Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few.

or

• חָרָה אַפּוֹ (khará 'apó)

• H2734 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible