Lexical Definition

‎פּוּחַ‎ pûwach (poo'akh) to breathe ^H:V
a primitive root

blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.

• to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air
• hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff

1) to breathe, blow
1a) (Qal) to breathe
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to exhale or breathe
1b2) to puff, snort
1b3) to excite, inflame
1b4) to puff, pant for it
1b5) to breathe out, utter
1b6) to blow, blast

See Greek: ἀνατέλλω · ἐγκαλέω · ἐκκαίω · ἐμφυσάω · ἐπιδείκνυμι · κατακυριεύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פּוּחַ‎] verb breathe, blow (Late Hebrew ‎פּוּחַ‎ blow out; Arabic (), = Hebrew, so Aramaic ‎פּוּחַ‎, ); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָפוּחַ הַיּוֺם‎ Song 2:17; Song 4:6 until the day breathes, i.e. grows cool. Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָפִיחַ‎ Ps 10:5 +; ‎יָפִחַ‎ Prov 14:25 ‎וְיָפֵחַ‎ Hab 2:3, etc.; Imperative feminine singular ‎הָפִיחִי‎ Song 4:16 —

1. cause garden (accusative) to exhale (that is, odours) Song 4:16.

2. a. puff, snort, against, ‎ב‎ person, Ps 10:5.
b. ‎עַל‎ person, Ezek 21:36* with the fire of my wrath will I blow against thee.
c. excite, inflame city Prov 29:8.
d. with ‎לוֺ‎ Ps 12:6* puff, = pant for it (so most; Thes Hi and others against whom men puff; Bae ‎אֹפִּיעַ‎ ‎לוֺ‎ I will shine forth to him); ‎לַקֵּן‎ Hab 2:3 the vision panteth (hasteth) towards the end (so most).

3. breathe out, utter, ‎כְּזָבִים‎ Prov 6:19; Prov 14:5; Prov 14:25; Prov 19:5; Prov 19:9, ‎אֱמוּנָה‎ Prov 12:17.

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