Lexical Definition

‎רֵיחַ‎ rêyach (ray'-akh) aroma ^H:N-M
from ‎רוּחַ‎

savour, scent, smell.

• odor (as if blown)

1) scent, fragrance, aroma, odour
1a) scent, odour
1b) odour of soothing (technical term for sacrifice to God)

See Greek: ὀσμή

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: re.ach (‎ר‎ֵ‎יח‎ַ "smell" רֵיחַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רֵיחַ‎₅₈ noun masculine^{Jer 48:11} scent, odour (properly breath); — absolute Song 2:13 +, usually construct Gen 8:21 +; suffix ‎רֵיחוֺ‎ Jer 48:11; Song 1:12, ‎רֵיחֵנוּ‎ Exod 5:21 —

1. scent, odour, of plants and fields Gen 27:27 (JE) Song 1:12; Song 2:3; Song 4:11; Song 7:14*; Hos 14:7*, of ointments Song 1:3; Song 4:10, of person and garments Gen 27:27 (twice in verse) (JE) Song 4:11; Song 7:9* of water Job 14:9 figurative of influence, reputation Exod 5:21 (J) Jer 48:11.

2. technical term, ‎רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ‎ odour of soothing (to God), tranquillizing odour (of ascending sacrifices, see ‎נִיחֹחַ‎) Gen 8:21 (J), elsewhere Ezek 6:13; Ezek 16:19; Ezek 20:28; Ezek 20:41 and P: Exod 29:18; Exod 29:25; Exod 29:41; Lev 1:9 + 16 t. Leviticus; Num 15:3 + 17 t. Numbers.

‎רוח‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew id., ‎רוּח‎, ‎רֵיחַ‎).

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