אַפִּ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אַפִּ֖י

   a-PI

   my anger
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְכַלּ֥וֹת אַפִּ֖י

   le-khal-LOT a-PI

   to complete or to finish my anger
3. clause🔊 וָאֹמַ֗ר לִשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ חֲמָתִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם לְכַלּ֥וֹת אַפִּ֖י בָּ֑ם

   va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-LE-hem le-khal-LOT a-PI BAM

   and I said to pour out my wrath upon them to complete or to finish my anger in them
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּמְר֨וּ־בִ֤י הַבָּנִ֗ים בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֥י לֹֽא־הָלָ֖כוּ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֛י לֹ֥א־שָׁמְר֖וּ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת אוֹתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה אוֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֥י בָּהֶֽם אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י חִלֵּ֑לוּ וָאֹמַ֗ר לִשְׁפֹּ֤ךְ חֲמָתִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם לְכַלּ֥וֹת אַפִּ֖י בָּ֑ם בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

   va-yam-RU-VI ha-ba-NIM be-khu-kot-TAI lo-ha-la-KHU ve-et-mish-pa-TAI lo-sham-RU la-a-SOT o-TAM a-SHER ya-a-SE o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-KHAI ba-HEM et-shab-be-tot-TAI khi-le-LU va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-LE-hem le-khal-LOT a-PI BAM bam-mid-BAR

   and they rebelled against me the children in my statutes they did not walk and my judgments they did not keep to do them which he does them the human or the man and he will live by them or in them my Sabbaths they profaned and I said to pour out my wrath upon them to complete or to finish my anger in them in the wilderness

Exegesis

The Piel infinitive lechalot api {לְכַלּוֹת אַפִּי | lə-ḵal-lōt ʾap-pî} ‘to finish my anger’ underscores the intensity of God’s judgment, and the locative bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּר | bam-mid-bār} ‘in the wilderness’ recalls Israel’s historic rebellions.

Root and etymology

א־פ־ה🔊 aleph–peh–heh

“anger”

• 🔊 אַפִּיap-pîmy angerPsalm 2:5