BDB4138 [H3707]

כָּעַס verb be vexed, angry (Late Hebrew כָּעַס, Aramaic כְּעַם (not Syriac)); —

Qal Perfect ׳כ Ps 112:10; Eccl 5:16 Imperfect וַיִּכְעַס Neh 3:33; 2Chr 16:10 1 singular אֶכְעַס Ezek 16:42 Infinitive לִכְעוֺם Eccl 7:9. —

1. be vexed, indignant Ps 112:10; Neh 3:33; Eccl 5:16.

2. be angry Ezek 16:42; Eccl 7:9, with אֶל person 2Chr 16:10. Piel. Perfect 3 feminine singular suffix כִּעֲסַתָּה 1Sam 1:6 3 masculine plural suffix כִּעֲסוּנִי Deut 32:21 provoke to anger.

Hiph`il Perfect הִכְעִיס Hos 12:15; 1Kgs 15:30 suffix הִכְעִיסוֺ 2Kgs 23:26 + 4 t. Perfect; הַכְעִסֵו֯נִי Jer 25:7 (scribal error for תַּכְעִיסוּני according to SS); Imperfect וַיַּכְעֵס 1Kgs 22:54; 2Chr 28:25 3 feminine singular suffix תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה 1Sam 1:7 + 6 t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct הַכְעִיס 1Kgs 16:13 + 5 t.; suffix הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִי Jer 7:18 + 11 t., + 6 t. suffixes; Participle plural מַכְעִיסִים Jer 7:19 + 4 t. —

1. vex, with accusative pers 1Sam 1:7; Ezek 32:9.

2. vex, provoke to anger, especially of provoking Yahweh by workship of other gods Judg 2:12; Judg 1:9; Judg 14:15; Judg 16:33; Judg 22:54; 2Kgs 17:11; 2Kgs 23:19; 2Chr 28:25; Neh 3:37; Jer 7:18; Jer 7:19; Jer 11:17; Jer 32:29; Jer 32:32; Jer 44:3; Ezek 8:17; Ezek 16:26; Isa 65:3; Hos 12:15 with בּ instrumental בְּתוֺעֵבֹת Deut 32:16 בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם Deut 32:21; 1Kgs 16:13; 1Kgs 16:26 בחטאתם 1Kgs 16:2 במעשׂ(י) יד(יוׅ Deut 31:29; 1Kgs 16:7; Jer 25:6; Jer 25:7; Jer 32:30; Jer 44:8 בכל מעשׂ(ה) ידיהם 2Kgs 22:17 = 2Chr 34:25 בבמות Ps 78:58 בפסיליהם Jer 8:19 במעלליהם Ps 106:29 compare the phrases להכעיס(וׅ ׳עשׂה הרע(ה) בעיני י do the evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke (him) to anger Deut 4:25; Deut 9:18; Deut 31:29; 1Kgs 16:7; 2Kgs 17:17; 2Kgs 21:6 = 2Chr 33:6 so מכעסים 2Kgs 21:15; Jer 32:30 אשׁר הכעיס כעס (יםׅ 1Kgs 15:30; 1Kgs 21:22; 2Kgs 23:26. — The phrase is characteristic of D Jeremiah and the compiler of Kings; see Dr^{Intr 191}; Deut 4:25 Holz^{eini. Hexateuch 287}.

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