devouring fire

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devouring fire

devouring fire

In elevated or poetic language: a strong fire. A dangerous fire.

("For the LORD your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God" - Deuteronomy 4:24, and also: "For not only by the enemy's hand did the hewer come... for not only sword/ and not only devouring fire" - Nathan Alterman, Stories of Shalom Aleichem, and also: "The forest fire is heavy. A devouring fire./ Charred lions that rushed around/ like horses in the circus" - David Avidan, Bad Dream)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵשׁ אוֹכְלָהּ, אֵשׁ אוֹכֶלֶת

Definition (Hebrew)

בַּמְּלִיצָה: אֵשׁ חֲזָקָה. אֵשׁ מְסֻכֶּנֶת.

("כִּי ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא אֵל קַנָּא"- דְּבָרִים ד כד, וְכֵן:"כִּי לֹא רַק בַּיָּד צַר בִּלְבַד עָלָה כּוֹרֵת ...כִּי לֹא רַק חֶרֶב/ וְלֹא רַק אֵשׁ אוֹכְלָהּ"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ סִפּוּרֵי שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם, וְכֵן:"אֵשׁ הַיַּעַר כְּבֵדָה. אֵשׁ אוֹכֶלֶת./ אֲרָיוֹת חֲרוּכִים שֶׁעָטוּ מִסָּבִיב/ כְּמוֹ סוּסִים בַּקִּרְקָס"- דָּוִד אֲבִידָן/ חֲלוֹם רַע)

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