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title: זָנַח — stink · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָנַח (lemma:זָנַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: stink. BDB 1906: stink, emit stench Hiph. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָנַח

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«זָנַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stink** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:זָנַח · **BDB:** זָנַח²

### Glosses

they.will.stink (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e0_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

stink, emit stench Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e0_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** stink, emit stench (cf. Arabic زَنَخَ become rancid, of oil, etc., Lane);—only Hiph. Pf. 3 mpl. הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ נְהָרוֹת rivers stink Is 19:6 (read הִזְנִיחוּ Ges§ 53, 6 Ol§ 255 b Sta§ 420 a Köi 293; but Ew§ 126 b De Di derive from elative אַזְנָח or אֶזְנָח).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָנַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5e0_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.6/)

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וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.stink \[the\].rivers they.will.be.low and they.will.become.dry the.canals of.Egypt reed\[s\] and rush\[es\] they.will.wither

*JPS 1917:* And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither.

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