[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stench.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / stench

[← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/)

# stench

«stench» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a very bad smell** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (stench, stenches)

### meaning for a pupil

A stench is a very bad smell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah it means the terrible smell of dead bodies, a picture of God's judgment on the nations. Interpretation: The prophets use the stench of the unburied dead to show that God's justice reaches proud nations, and that death is a shameful end for evil. In the primary lessons: in stories a stench comes from a filthy, rotten or dangerous place

### examples

- Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their carcasses shall come up, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. (Prophets ISA.34.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/#x1)
- The stench of the bins filled the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/#x2)
- We held our noses at the stench. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/#x3)
- A stench rose from the swamp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stench» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stench/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.