The meaning of “רֶשֶׁף”
Understanding resheph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt. - a live coal - by analogy lightning - figurativel...
רֶשֶׁף
arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, [phrase] spark, hot thunderbolt. - a live coal - by analogy lightning - figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air) - specifically, fever 1) flame, firebolt, spark 1a) flame 1b) fire-bolt
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 32:24 | “They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.” Word: רֶשֶׁף (resheph) | |
| Job 5:7 | “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” Word: רֶשֶׁף (resheph) | |
| Psalms 78:48 | “He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.” Word: רֶשֶׁף (resheph) | |
| Song of Solomon 8:6 | “Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.” Word: רֶשֶׁף (resheph) | |
| Habakkuk 3:5 | “Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.” Word: רֶשֶׁף (resheph) |
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