From qatsaph; a splinter (as chipped off); figuratively, rage or strife -- foam, indignation, X sore, wrath.
see HEBREW qatsaph
H7110. qetseph
I. קֶ֫צֶף noun masculine2 Kings 3:27 wrath — absolute ׳ק Numbers 1:53 +; קָ֑צֶף Joshua 22:20 +; construct קֶצֶף Jeremiah 50:13 +; suffix קִצְמִּי Isaiah 60:10; קֶצְמְּךָ Psalm 38:2, קִצְמֶּ֑ךָ 102:11, קִצְמּוֺ Jeremiah 10:10;-
1 of God: absolute Numbers 17:11 (P), Deuteronomy 29:27; Isaiah 60:10; Jeremiah 10:10; 21:5; 32:37; 50:13; Psalm 38:2; 102:11; Zechariah 7:12; with עַל against Numbers 1:53; 18:5; Joshua 9:20; 22:20 (P), 2 Kings 3:27; 1 Chronicles 27:24; 2 Chronicles 19:2, 10; 24:18; 29:8; 32:25-26, Isaiah 34:2; Zechariah 1:2, 15; ק ׳בְּשֶׁצֶףIsaiah 54:3.
2 of man (late), Esther 1:18; Ecclesiastes 5:16.—Hosea 10:7 see II. קֶצֶף.
II. קצף (√ of following; Arabic break, snap off).
II. קֶ֫צֶף noun [masculine] probably splinter+?עַלמְּֿנֵימָֿ֑יִם ׳כְּק Hosea 10:7 (simile of helpless king).