His anger flared/ to be angry
To become angry; to get enraged.
("And my anger will flare, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans" — Exodus 22:23; and likewise: "When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, 'This is what your servant did to me,' his anger flared" — Genesis 39:19 (Potiphar hearing the slander against Joseph); and likewise: "And there you will go out in a dance, playing in the secret of young men; because of this Obadiah's anger will flare against her" — Abraham Mapu, *The Painted Bird*, 50; and likewise: "When he returned from there, he said that the Baal Shem Tov told him that he was angry with those who tell of his wonders ... and do not tell of the fear of God that was with him" — Agnon, *Stories of the Baal Shem Tov / Miracles and the Fear of God*).
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חָרָה אַפּוֹ, וְיִחַר אַפּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
כַּעַס. הִתְרַגֵּז.
("וְחָרָה אַפִּי וְהָרַגְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בֶּחָרֶב וְהָיוּ נְשֵׁיכֶם אַלְמָנוֹת וּבְנֵיכֶם יְתֹמִים"- שְׁמוֹת כב כג, וְכֵן:"וַיְהִי כִשְׁמֹעַ אֲדֹנָיו אֶת דִּבְרֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר דִּבְּרָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה עָשָׂה לִי עַבְדֶּךָ וַיִּחַר אַפּוֹ"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לט יט (פּוֹטִיפַר שׁוֹמֵעַ הָעֲלִילָה עַל יוֹסֵף), וְכֵן:"וְשָׁם תֵּצֵא בְּמָחוֹל מְשַׂחֲקִים בְּסוֹד בַּחוּרִים, עַל זֹאת יַחֲרֶה אַף עוֹבַדְיָה בָּהּ"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 50,וְכֵן:"כְּשֶׁחָזַר מִשָּׁם אָמַר שֶׁהַבֵּעשְׁ"ט אָמַר לוֹ שֶׁחָרָה אַפּוֹ עַל אוֹתָם שֶׁמְּסַפְּרִים עָלָיו נִפְלְאוֹתָיו ...וְאֵינָם מְסַפְּרִים מִיִּרְאַת ה' שֶׁהָיְתָה לוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט/ מוֹפְתִים וְיִרְאַת ה')