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title: רֵיחַ — scent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵיחַ (7381), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 58 times: scent. BDB 1906: n.m. scent, odour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵיחַ

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«רֵיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **scent** — 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:** 58 times · **Key:** 7381 · **BDB:** רֵיחַ

### Glosses

an.odor (24); of.an.odor (14); the.odor (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7381/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. scent, odour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7381/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 48:11 scent, odour (proposes breath);—abs. Ct 2:13 +, usually cstr. Gn 8:21 +; sf. רֵיחוֹ Je 48:11 Ct 1:12, רֵיחֵנוּ Ex 5:21;— scent, odour, of plants and fields Gn 27:27 (JE) Ct 1:12; 2:3; 4:11; 7:14 Ho 14:7, of ointments Ct 1:13; 4:10, of pers. and garments Gn 27:27(×2) (JE) Ct 4:11; 7:9, of water Jb 14:9; fig. of influence, reputation Ex 5:21 (J) Je 48:11. term. techn., רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ odour of soothing (to God), tranquillizing odour (of ascending sacrifices, v. נִיחֹחַ) Gn 8:21 (J), elsewhere Ez 6:13; 16:19; 20:28, 41 and P: Ex 29:18, 25, 41 Lv 1:9 + 16 times Lv, Nu 15:3 + 17 times Nu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7381/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 14:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.14.9/)

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מֵרֵ֣יחַ מַ֣יִם יַפְרִ֑חַ וְעָשָׂ֖ה קָצִ֣יר כְּמוֹ־נָֽטַע׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] scent of.water it.will.show.buds and it.will.produce branch\[es\] like a.plant

*JPS 1917:* Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

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[Song of Songs 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.12/)

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עַד־שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ נִרְדִּ֖י נָתַ֥ן רֵיחֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* until that the king \[was\].at table his nard my it.gave.forth odor its

*JPS 1917:* While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.

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