# זַלְעָפָה (zalafah)

Israeli respelling: zal-a-fah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2152. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)

King James renderings: horrible, horror, terrible.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/zalafah-h2152

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/11/6) — Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- [Psalms 119:53](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/53) — Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- [Lamentations 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/10) — Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.