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title: בְּאֹשׁ — stench · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בְּאֹשׁ (889), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: stench. BDB 1906: n.m. stench. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּאֹשׁ

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«בְּאֹשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stench** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 889 · **BDB:** בְּאֹשׁ

### Glosses

stench (2); the.stench (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stench [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/889/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stench [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/889/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. stench—בּ׳ cstr. Am 4:10; sf. בָּאְשׁוֹ Jo 2:20; בָּאְשָׁם Is 34:3;—בּ׳ מַחֲנֵיכֶם, i.e. stench of corpses Am 4:10, also Is 34:3; cf. Jo 2:20 of locusts עָלָה בּ׳ (‖ תַּעַל צַחֲנָתוֹ).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּאֹשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/889/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 34:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.3/)

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וְחַלְלֵיהֶ֣ם יֻשְׁלָ֔כוּ וּפִגְרֵיהֶ֖ם יַעֲלֶ֣ה בָאְשָׁ֑ם וְנָמַ֥סּוּ הָרִ֖ים מִדָּמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and their.slain \[ones\] they.will.be.thrown.out and corpses their it.will.go.up stench their and they.will.melt.away mountains from blood their

*JPS 1917:* 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.

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[Amos 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.4.10/)

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שִׁלַּ֨חְתִּי בָכֶ֥ם דֶּ֙בֶר֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם הָרַ֤גְתִּי בַחֶ֙רֶב֙ בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔ם עִ֖ם שְׁבִ֣י סֽוּסֵיכֶ֑ם וָאַעֲלֶ֞ה בְּאֹ֤שׁ מַחֲנֵיכֶם֙ וּֽבְאַפְּכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָדַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* I.sent among you pestilence in the.manner of.Egypt I.killed by the sword men your.young with the.capture your.horses your and I.caused.to.go.up the.stench your.camp your (and) in nose your and not you.returned to me the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* I have sent among you the pestilence in the way of Egypt; your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils; yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.

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