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title: רוח — smell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רוח (lemma:רוח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: smell. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רוח

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«רוח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 11 times · **Key:** lemma:רוח · **BDB:** רוח

### Glosses

he.smelled (2); they (2); I.delight (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5d5_5d7/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (√ of foll.; prob. breathe, blow (v. Gerber46); cf. Syr. ܪܳܚ breathe; Arabic رَاحَ be windy; Ethiopic ሮሐ: flabello ventilare, ventulum facere; Arabic رِيحٌ breath, wind, spirit, رُوحٌ soul, spirit; NH רוּחַ, Aramaic רוּחָא, ܪܽܘܚܳܐ wind, breath, spirit; also NH רֵיחַ, Aramaic רֵיחָא, ܪܺܝܚܳܐ, all odour; NH רִיחַ, רוּחַ (usually Hiph.), 𝔗 Syr. Aph., all smell).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רוח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5d5_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.21/)

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שָׂנֵ֥אתִי מָאַ֖סְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֥א אָרִ֖יחַ בְּעַצְּרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* I.hate I.reject feasts your and not I.delight in assemblies your

*JPS 1917:* I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

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[Psalms 115:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.6/)

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אָזְנַ֣יִם לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ אַ֥ף לָ֝הֶ֗ם וְלֹ֣א יְרִיחֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* ears \[belong\].to them and not they.hear a.nose \[belongs\].to them and not they smell

*JPS 1917:* They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;

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