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title: רֵיחַ — smell · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רֵיחַ (lemma:רֵיחַ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: smell. BDB 1906: n.f. smell. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵיחַ

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«רֵיחַ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **smell** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:רֵיחַ · **BDB:** רֵיחַ

### Glosses

smell (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d9_5d7_5b7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. smell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d9_5d7_5b7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. smell;—cstr. ר׳ נוּר Dn 3:27.

### Jastrow 1903

רֵיחַ: flavor, scent, odor; sense of smell slight resemblance, suspicion of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d9_5d7_5b7/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** preced.) flavor, scent, odor; sense of smell. Ber. 43ᵇ (ref. to Ps. CL, 6) איזהו דבר … זה הר׳ what is the thing which the soul enjoys and from which the body has no material benefit? It is smell. Ib. עתידים … שיתנו ר׳ וכ׳ in the future the young men of Israel shall give forth sweet savor (of purity) like the Lebanon (ref. to Hos. XIV, 7). Lev. R. s. 30; a. v. fr.—Trnsf. (cmp. אָבָק) slight resemblance, a suspicion of. Gitt. 86ᵇ אף ר׳ הגט אין בו it has not even the slightest resemblance to a letter of divorce (by which the woman concerned might be precluded from marrying a priest); Y. ib. IX, 50ᵇ top אפי׳ ר׳ פסול אין בה there is not a suspicion of disqualification in her case. Y. Sot. I, 16ᵈ top מר׳ ערוה נגעו בה something of the odor of incest has touched her (the rival wife of a faithless woman); a. e.—Pl. ריחוֹת. Cant. R. to I, 3 כל … ר׳ היו וכ׳ all the songs which the ancients recited before thee were merely sweet savors, but we (say), ‘oil that is poured forth is thy name’; כל המצות … ר׳ היו וכ׳ all the pious deeds … were merely flavors, but \&c.; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d9_5d7_5b7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.27/)

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וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֞א סִגְנַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָא֮ וְהַדָּבְרֵ֣י מַלְכָּא֒ חָזַ֣יִן לְגֻבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֡ךְ דִּי֩ לָֽא־שְׁלֵ֨ט נוּרָ֜א בְּגֶשְׁמְה֗וֹן וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵֽאשְׁהוֹן֙ לָ֣א הִתְחָרַ֔ךְ וְסָרְבָּלֵיה֖וֹן לָ֣א שְׁנ֑וֹ וְרֵ֣יחַ נ֔וּר לָ֥א עֲדָ֖ת בְּהֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and.\[were\] gathered the satraps the prefects and the governors and the.counselors of the.king \[they.were\].seeing (et) the men these (diy).that not it.had.had.power the fire over body their and the.hair of their.head not it.was.singed and mantles their not they.were.changed and.\[the\] smell of.fire not it.had.touched on them

*JPS 1917:* And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's ministers, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their cloaks changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

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