רוּחַ
rûwach · roo'-akh
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
- properly, to blow, i.e. breathe
- only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: accept, smell, [idiom] touch, make of quick understanding.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › to separate and protect
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רוּחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and i will not smell2 · 18%
- smelled1 · 9%
- him: and he smelled1 · 9%
- like unto that, to smell1 · 9%
- nor smell1 · 9%
- when it toucheth1 · 9%
- against me, let him accept1 · 9%
- and he smelleth1 · 9%
- have they, but they smell1 · 9%
- and shall make him of quick understanding1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.