פּוּחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6315

breathe — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

breathe tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פּוּחַ: vb. breathe, blow tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. breathe, blow (NH פּוּחַ blow out; Arabic (فوخ), فَاخَ = Heb., so Aramaic פּוּחַ, ܦܳܚ );— Impf. 3 ms. יָפוּחַ הַיּוֹם Ct 2:17; 4:6 until the day breathes, i.e. grows cool. Impf. 3 ms. יָפִיחַ ψ 10:5 +; יָפִחַ Pr 14:25; וְיָפֵחַ Hb 2:3, etc.; Imv. fs. הָפִיחִי Ct 4:16;— cause garden (acc.) to exhale (sc. odours) Ct 4:16. puff, snort, against, ב pers., ψ 10:5. עַל pers., Ez 21:36 with the fire of my wrath will I blow against thee. excite, inflame city Pr 29:8. c. לוֹ ψ 12:6 puff, = pant for it (so most; Thes Hi al. against whom men puff; Bae אֹפִיעַ לוֹ I will shine forth to him); לַקֵּץ Hb 2:3 the vision panteth (hasteth) towards the end (so most). breathe out, utter, כְּזָבִים Pr 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:5, 9, אֱמוּנָה 12:17.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will breathe (2); I will blow (1); make breathe (1).

In the verses

Song of Songs 4:6 · tree →

עַ֤ד שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וְנָ֖סוּ הַצְּלָלִ֑ים אֵ֤לֶךְ לִי֙ אֶל־הַ֣ר הַמּ֔וֹר וְאֶל־גִּבְעַ֖ת הַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃

Word for word: until that it.will.breathe the day and they.will.flee the shadows I.will.go (for myself to the.mountain of.(the) myrrh and to the.hill of.(the) frankincense

JPS 1917: Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Song of Songs 4:16 · tree →

ע֤וּרִי צָפוֹן֙ וּב֣וֹאִי תֵימָ֔ן הָפִ֥יחִי גַנִּ֖י יִזְּל֣וּ בְשָׂמָ֑יו יָבֹ֤א דוֹדִי֙ לְגַנּ֔וֹ וְיֹאכַ֖ל פְּרִ֥י מְגָדָֽיו׃

Word for word: awake O.north.wind and come O.south.wind make.breathe garden my let.them.flow spices its let.him.come lover my to garden his and let.him.eat the.fruit its.excellence(s) his

JPS 1917: Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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