Lexical Definition

‎רוּחַ‎ rûwach (roo'-akh) spirit ^A:N-F
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎רוּחַ‎

mind, spirit, wind.

• {wind
• by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation
• figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality
• by extension, a region of the sky
• by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)}

1) spirit, wind
1a) wind
1b) spirit
1b1) of man
1b2) seat of the mind

Extended Information

Aramaic of: רוּחַ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רוּחַ‎ noun feminine^{Dan 5:12} wind, spirit; — ‎׳‎‎ר‎ absolute Dan 5:12; Dan 6:4*, construct Dan 4:5* +, emphatic ‎רוּחָא‎ Dan 2:35 suffix ‎רוּחִי‎ Dan 7:15, ‎הֵּ֯‎ Dan 5:20 plural construct ‎רוּחֵי‎ Dan 7:2 —

1. wind Dan 2:35; Dan 7:2.

2. spirit:
a. of man, Dan 5:20; Dan 7:15 as faculty of knowledge, ‎יַתִּירא‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Dan 5:12; Dan 6:4*.
b. ‎אֱלָהִין קַדִּישִׁין‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Dan 4:5*; Dan 4:6*; Dan 4:15*; Dan 5:11, ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ vDan 5:14.

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