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title: פּוּחַ — breathe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּחַ (lemma:פּוּחַ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 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:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:פּוּחַ · **BDB:** פּוּחַ

### Glosses

he.breathes.out (6); \[one.who\].he.breathes.out (1); \[which\].he.pants (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breathe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5bc_5d5_5bc_5d7_5b7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. breathe, blow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5bc_5d5_5bc_5d7_5b7/#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, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5e4_5bc_5d5_5bc_5d7_5b7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 12:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.17/)

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יָפִ֣יחַ אֱ֭מוּנָה יַגִּ֣יד צֶ֑דֶק וְעֵ֖ד שְׁקָרִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* he.breathes.out faithfulness he.declares righteousness and a.witness of.lies deceit

*JPS 1917:* He that breatheth forth truth uttereth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.

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[Proverbs 14:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.25/)

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מַצִּ֣יל נְ֭פָשׁוֹת עֵ֣ד אֱמֶ֑ת וְיָפִ֖חַ כְּזָבִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].delivering lives a.witness of.reliability and he.breathes.out lies deceit

*JPS 1917:* A true witness delivereth souls; but he that breatheth forth lies is all deceit.

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