חרה

Hebrew

FWOTD – 17 March 2017

Root
ח־ר־ה (kh-r-h)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of חָרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לַחֲרוֹת
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	חָרִיתִי		חָרִינוּ
	second	חָרִיתָ	חָרִית	חֲרִיתֶם1	חֲרִיתֶן1
	third	חָרָה	חָרְתָה	חָרוּ
present		חוֹרֶה	חוֹרָה	חוֹרִים	חוֹרוֹת
future	first	אֶחֱרֶה		נֶחֱרֶה
	second	תֶּחֱרֶה	תֶּחֱרִי	תֶּחֱרוּ	תֶּחֱרֶינָה2
	third	יֶחֱרֶה	תֶּחֱרֶה	יֶחֱרוּ	תֶּחֱרֶינָה2
imperative		חֲרֵה	חֲרִי	חֲרוּ	חֲרֶינָה2

¹ Pronounced חָרִיתֶם and חָרִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

or

Conjugation of חָרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לַחְרוֹת
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	חָרִיתִי		חָרִינוּ
	second	חָרִיתָ	חָרִית	חֲרִיתֶם1	חֲרִיתֶן1
	third	חָרָה	חָרְתָה	חָרוּ
present		חוֹרֶה	חוֹרָה	חוֹרִים	חוֹרוֹת
future	first	אֶחְרֶה		נֶחְרֶה
	second	תֶּחְרֶה	תֶּחְרִי	תֶּחְרוּ	תֶּחְרֶינָה2
	third	יֶחְרֶה	תֶּחְרֶה	יֶחְרוּ	תֶּחְרֶינָה2
imperative		חֲרֵה	חֲרִי	חֲרוּ	חֲרֶינָה2

¹ Pronounced חָרִיתֶם and חָרִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• חָרָה אַפּוֹ (khará 'apó)

References

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