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title: פּוּחַ — breathe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּחַ (6315), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: breathe. BDB 1906: vb. breathe, blow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּחַ

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«פּוּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **breathe** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 6315 · **BDB:** פּוּחַ

### Glosses

it.will.breathe (2); I.will.blow (1); make.breathe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breathe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6315/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. breathe, blow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6315/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. breathe, blow (NH פּוּחַ blow out; Arabic (فوخ), فَاخَ = Heb., so Aramaic פּוּחַ, ܦܳܚ );— Impf. 3 ms. יָפוּחַ הַיּוֹם Ct 2:17; 4:6 until the day breathes, i.e. grows cool. Impf. 3 ms. יָפִיחַ ψ 10:5 +; יָפִחַ Pr 14:25; וְיָפֵחַ Hb 2:3, etc.; Imv. fs. הָפִיחִי Ct 4:16;— cause garden (acc.) to exhale (sc. odours) Ct 4:16. puff, snort, against, ב pers., ψ 10:5. עַל pers., Ez 21:36 with the fire of my wrath will I blow against thee. excite, inflame city Pr 29:8. c. לוֹ ψ 12:6 puff, = pant for it (so most; Thes Hi al. against whom men puff; Bae אֹפִיעַ לוֹ I will shine forth to him); לַקֵּץ Hb 2:3 the vision panteth (hasteth) towards the end (so most). breathe out, utter, כְּזָבִים Pr 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:5, 9, אֱמוּנָה 12:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6315/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.6/)

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עַ֤ד שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וְנָ֖סוּ הַצְּלָלִ֑ים אֵ֤לֶךְ לִי֙ אֶל־הַ֣ר הַמּ֔וֹר וְאֶל־גִּבְעַ֖ת הַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* until that it.will.breathe the day and they.will.flee the shadows I.will.go (for myself to the.mountain of.(the) myrrh and to the.hill of.(the) frankincense

*JPS 1917:* Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

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[Song of Songs 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.16/)

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ע֤וּרִי צָפוֹן֙ וּב֣וֹאִי תֵימָ֔ן הָפִ֥יחִי גַנִּ֖י יִזְּל֣וּ בְשָׂמָ֑יו יָבֹ֤א דוֹדִי֙ לְגַנּ֔וֹ וְיֹאכַ֖ל פְּרִ֥י מְגָדָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* awake O.north.wind and come O.south.wind make.breathe garden my let.them.flow spices its let.him.come lover my to garden his and let.him.eat the.fruit its.excellence(s) his

*JPS 1917:* Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.

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