strange fire

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strange fire

strange fire

By extension: an undesirable act; an unnatural feeling (originally: the offering of a sacrifice not accepted by God).

("And Aaron’s sons Nadav and Avihu each took his censer and put fire in it, placed incense on it, and brought before the Lord strange fire, which He had not commanded them" – Leviticus 10:1; also: "And Nadav and Avihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord" – Numbers 3:4; also: "And all the terrors of fear will be scattered from you: a king and strange fire, and in your heart, light?" – Shaul Tchernichovsky, From the Thick of the Cloud; also: "There was a childhood enchantment/ There was also a storm/ in my arms./ I know/ that she kindled strange fire/ in my nights" – Rachel Shapira, Like a Wild Plant; also: "All those rose in vain, and here she comes, kindling strange fire, and already he is calmed" – T. Shelo, Husband and Wife, 142)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵשׁ זָרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מַעֲשֶׂה לֹא רָצוּי. רֶגֶשׁ לֹא טִבְעִי, רְגָשׁוֹת שְׁלִילִיִּים (בַּמָּקוֹר: הַקְרָבַת קָרְבָּן שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָצוּי לָאֵל).

("וַיִּקְחוּ בְנֵי אַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא אִישׁ מַחְתָּתוֹ וַיִּתְּנוּ בָהֵן אֵשׁ וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלֶיהָ קְטֹרֶת וַיַּקְרִבוּ לִפְנֵי ה' אֵשׁ זָרָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא צִוָּה אֹתָם"- וַיִּקְרָא י א, וְכֵן:"וַיָּמָת נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא לִפְנֵי ה' בְּהַקְרִבָם אֵשׁ זָרָה לִפְנֵי ה'" בְּמִדְבַּר ג ד, וְכֵן:"וְזָרָה מֵעָלֶיךָ כָּל פַּחֲדֵי מוֹרָא:/ מֶלֶךְ וּלְאֵשׁ זָרָה וּבְלִבֵּךְ הָאוֹרָה?"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ מִתּוֹךְ עַב הֶעָנָן, וְכֵן:"הָיָה מִקְסַם יַלְדוּת/ הָיְתָה גַּם סְעָרָה/בִּזְרוֹעוֹתַי./ אֲנִי יוֹדַעַת/ שֶׁהִדְלִיקָה אֵשׁ זָרָה/ אֶת לֵילוֹתַי"- רָחֵל שַׁפִּירָא/ כְּמוֹ צֶמַח בַּר, וְכֵן:"כָּל אֵלּוּ עָלוּ בְּתֹהוּ, וְהִנֵּה בָּאָה זֹאת וּמַבְעִירָה אֵשׁ זָרָה וּכְבָר הוּא נִרְגַּע"- צ.שָׁלֵו/ בַּעַל וְאִשָּׁה, 142)

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