Lexical Definition

‎אַשִׁימָא‎ ʼAshîymâʼ (ash-ee-maw') Ashima ^N:N-M-T
of foreign origin

Ashima.

• § Ashima = "guiltiness: I will make desolate"
• Ashima, a deity of Hamath

1) a god of Hamath

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲשִׁימָא‎ proper name [masculine] a god of Hamath 2Kgs 17:30, otherwise wholly unknown.

‎בָּאַשׁ‎ verb have a bad smell, stink (Arabic be evil, Aramaic ‎בְּאֵשׁ‎, be evil, Assyrian bîšu Lotz^{TP 78}) —

Qal Perfect ‎וּבָאַשׁ‎ consecutive Exod 7:18 Imperfect ‎וַיִּבְאַשׁ‎ vExod 7:21, ‎אַֿ֑שׁ‎ Exod 16:20 3 feminine singular ‎תִּבְאַשׁ‎ Isa 50:2 ‎וַתִּבְאַשׁ‎ Exod 8:10* — stink, of Nile, on account of dead fish Exod 7:18; Exod 7:21 (E); of land of Egypt, owing to dead frogs Exod 8:10* (J); of manna kept over Exod 16:20 (P ? or R) ‎וַיָּרֻם תּוֺלָעִים וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ‎ and it grew foul (rotten, decayed) with worms, and stank; Isa 50:2 ‎תִּבְאַשׁ דְּגָתָם מֵאֵין מַיִם וְתָמֹת בַּצָּמָא‎ their fish stink for lack of water, etc. (ᵐ5 Lo Di read ‎תִּיבַשׁ‎, dry up and die, which suits ||, but not the usage of ‎יָבֵשׁ‎). Niph`al Perfect ‎נִבְאַשׁ‎ 1Sam 13:4 ‎נִבְאֲשׁוּ‎ 2Sam 10:6 ‎נִבְאַשְׁתָּ‎ 2Sam 16:2 — only figurative make oneself odious, become odious (compare English be in bad odour), followed by ‎אֵת‎ with = towards; ‎נִבְאַשְׁתָּ אֶתאָֿבִיךָ‎ 2Sam 16:21 thou hast become odious with thy father; also followed by ‎בְּ‎ (rather strangely) 1Sam 13:4 Israel made themselves odious to the Philistines; 2Sam 10:6 Ammonites to David Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִבְאִישׁ‎ Exod 16:24; 1Sam 27:12 ‎הִבְאִישׁוּ‎ Ps 38:6* ‎הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם‎ Exod 5:21 Imperfect ‎יַבְאִישׁ‎ Prov 13:5; Eccl 10:1 Infinitive absolute ‎הַבְאֵשׁ‎ 1Sam 27:12 construct suffix ‎לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִי‎ Gen 34:30 —

1. emit a stinking odour Exod 16:24 of manna (compare Qal vExod 16:20); Ps 38:6* ‎הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י‎ my wounds have grown stinking, they have festered (of chastisement for sin); 1Sam 17:12 figurative of David ‎הַבְאֵשׁ הִבְאִישׁ בְּעַמּוֺ‎ he hath become utterly abhorred among his people.

2. cause to stink, ‎זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת יַבְאִישׁ יַבִּיעַ שֶׁמֶן רוֺקֵ֑חַ‎ dead flies cause to stink (and) to ferment the oil of a perfumer; usually figurative ‎הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם אֶתרֵֿיחֵנוּ‎ Exod 5:21 (J), i.e. ye have made us odious, followed by ‎בְּעֵינֵי‎, compare (with accusative of person) Gen 34:30 followed by ‎בְ‎; also without object Prov 13:5 a wicked man makes odious and shameful (De Now Str; Be Ew Hi Zö acts odiously and shamefully). Hithpa`el Perfect ‎הִתְבָּאֲשׁוּ‎ 1Chr 19:6 they had made themselves odious (= Niph`al in || 2Sam 10:6), followed by ‎עִם‎.

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