Hebrew verb · H7306
רוּחַ
ruachroo'-akh
to smell
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rûwach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7306is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7306
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
The King James renders it: accept, smell, [idiom] touch, make of quick understanding.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ruach is rendered "to smell". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Two of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
Genesis 8:21וַיָּ֣רַח
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in ten of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he smelled2
- they smell2
- and delighting he1
- I delight1
- I will smell1
- it smells1
- may he smell1
- to smell1
- when smells it1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אָרִ֔יחַ1
- אָרִ֖יחַ1
- בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ1
- וַהֲרִיח֖וֹ1
- וַיָּ֣רַח1
- וַיָּ֛רַח1
- יָרַ֣ח1
- יָרִ֣יחַ1
- יְרִיחֽוּן׃1
- יְרִיחֻֽן׃1
- לְהָרִ֣יחַ1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vhw3ms2Hc/Vhw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVhi1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun2HVhi3mp/Sn
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vhcc/Sp3ms
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vhcc
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Vhcc/Sp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhi3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhj3ms
Genesis
two uses
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- וַיָּ֣רַחvaiyarachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he smelled
So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
- וַיָּ֛רַחvaiyarachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he smelled
Exodus
one use
Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
- לְהָרִ֣יחַlehariachpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to smell
Leviticus
one use
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
- אָרִ֔יחַʾariachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will smell
Deuteronomy
one use
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
- יְרִיחֻֽן׃yerichunverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they smell
Judges
one use
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
- בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹbaharichopreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when smells it
1 Samuel
one use
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
- יָרַ֣חyarachverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he smell
Job
one use
At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
- יָרִ֣יחַyariachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it smells
Psalms
one use
they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;
- יְרִיחֽוּן׃yerichunverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they smell
Isaiah
one use
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- וַהֲרִיח֖וֹvaharichoconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and delighting he
Amos
one use
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- אָרִ֖יחַʾariachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I delight
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.