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title: בָּאַשׁ — have a bad smell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּאַשׁ (887), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: have a bad smell. BDB 1906: vb. have bad smell, stink. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּאַשׁ

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«בָּאַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **have a bad smell** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 887 · **BDB:** בָּאַשׁ

### Glosses

it.stank (4); it.will.stink (2); they.had.made.themselves.odious (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

have a bad smell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/887/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. have bad smell, stink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/887/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. have a bad smell, stink (Arabic بِئْسَ be evil, Aramaic בְּאֵשׁ, ܒܶܐܫ be evil, Assyrian bîšu Lotz TP 78)— Pf. וּבָאַשׁ consec. Ex 7:18; Impf. וַיִּבְאַשׁ v 21, ־אַ֑שׁ 16:20; 3 fs. תִּבְאַשׁ Is 50:2; וַתִּבְאַשׁ Ex 8:10;—stink, of Nile, on account of dead fish Ex 7:18, 21 (E); of land of Egypt, owing to dead frogs 8:10 (J); of manna kept over 16:20 (P? or R) וַיָּרֻם תּוֹלָעִים וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ and it grew foul (rotten, decayed) with worms, and stank; Is 50:2 תִּבְאַשׁ דְּגָתָם מֵאֵין מַיִם וְתָמֹת בַּצָּמָא their fish stink for lack of water, etc. (𝔊 Lo Di read תִּיבַשׁ, dry up and die, which suits ‖, but not the usage of יָבֵשׁ). Pf. נִבְאַשׁ 1 S 13:4; נִבְאֲשׁוּ 2 S 10:6; נִבְאַשְׁתָּ 2 S 16:21;—only fig. make oneself odious, become odious (cf. Eng. be in bad odour), sq. אֵת with = towards; נִבְאַשְׁתָּ אֶת־אָבִיךָ 2 S 16:21 thou hast become odious with thy father; also sq. בְּ (rather strangely) 1 S 13:4 Isr. made themselves odious to the Philistines; 2 S 10:6 Ammonites to David. Pf. הִבְאִישׁ Ex 16:24; 1 S 27:12; הִבְאִישׁוּ ψ 38:6; הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם Ex 5:21; Impf. יַבְאִישׁ Pr 13:5; Ec 10:1; Inf. abs. הַבְאֵשׁ 1 S 27:12; cstr. sf. לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִי Gn 34:30;— emit a stinking odour Ex 16:24 of manna (cf. Qal v 20); ψ 38:6 הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י my wounds have grown stinking, they have festered (of chastisement for sin); 1 S 27:12 fig. of David הַבְאֵשׁ הִבְאִישׁ בְּעַמּוֹ he hath become utterly abhorred among his people. cause to stink, זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת יַבְאִישׁ יַבִּיעַ שֶׁמֶן רוֹקֵ֑חַ dead flies cause to stink (and) to ferment the oil of a perfumer Ec 10:1; usually fig. הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם אֶת־רֵיחֵנוּ Ex 5:21 (J), i.e. ye have made us odious, sq. בְּעֵינֵי, cf. (c. acc. pers.) Gn 34:30 sq. בְ; also without obj. Pr 13:5 a wicked man makes odious and shameful (De Now Str; Be Ew Hi Zö acts odiously and shamefully). Pf. הִתְבָּאֲשׁוּ 1 Ch 19:6 they had made themselves odious (= Niph. in ‖ 2 S 10:6), sq. עִם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּאַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/887/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.6/)

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הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ נָ֭מַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.stink they.fester wounds my because of folly my

*JPS 1917:* My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

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[Proverbs 13:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.5/)

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דְּבַר־שֶׁ֭קֶר יִשְׂנָ֣א צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע יַבְאִ֥ישׁ וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* a.word of.falsehood he.hates a.righteous.\[person\] and a.wicked.\[person\] he.acts.odiously and he.acts.shamefully

*JPS 1917:* A righteous man hateth lying; but a wicked man behaveth vilely and shamefully.

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