Psalms 78:49

49 His raging anger lashed out against them,
Heb “he sent against them the rage of his anger.” The phrase “rage of his anger” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.

He sent fury, rage, and trouble
as messengers who bring disaster.
Heb “fury and indignation and trouble, a sending of messengers of disaster.”

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