רִיחַ

ru.ach · to smell

Hebrew · Strong's H7306 · Verb · Sounds like: roo'-akh · 11 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy); accept, smell, [idiom] touch, make of quick understanding.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[רִיחַ] vb. denom. Hiph.(?), smell, perceive odour

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 8:21 וַיָּ֣רַח vai.Ya.rach · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

  2. Genesis 27:27 וַיָּ֛רַח vai.Ya.rach · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed:

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