אֵשׁ זָרָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

strange fire

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)