בָּאַשׁ

vb. have a bad smell, stink (Arabic بِئْسَ be evil, Aramaic בְּאֵשׁ, ܒܶܐܫ be evil, Assyrian bîšu Lotz TP 78)— Pf. וּבָאַשׁ consec. Ex 7:18; Impf. וַיִּבְאַשׁ v 21, ־אַ֑שׁ 16:20; 3 fs. תִּבְאַשׁ Is 50:2; וַתִּבְאַשׁ Ex 8:10;—stink, of Nile, on account of dead fish Ex 7:18, 21 (E); of land of Egypt, owing to dead frogs 8:10 (J); of manna kept over 16:20 (P? or R) וַיָּרֻם תּוֹלָעִים וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ and it grew foul (rotten, decayed) with worms, and stank; Is 50:2 תִּבְאַשׁ דְּגָתָם מֵאֵין מַיִם וְתָמֹת בַּצָּמָא their fish stink for lack of water, etc. (𝔊 Lo Di read תִּיבַשׁ, dry up and die, which suits ‖, but not the usage of יָבֵשׁ). Pf. נִבְאַשׁ 1 S 13:4; נִבְאֲשׁוּ 2 S 10:6; נִבְאַשְׁתָּ 2 S 16:21;—only fig. make oneself odious, become odious (cf. Eng. be in bad odour), sq. אֵת with = towards; נִבְאַשְׁתָּ אֶת־אָבִיךָ 2 S 16:21 thou hast become odious with thy father; also sq. בְּ (rather strangely) 1 S 13:4 Isr. made themselves odious to the Philistines; 2 S 10:6 Ammonites to David. Pf. הִבְאִישׁ Ex 16:24; 1 S 27:12; הִבְאִישׁוּ ψ 38:6; הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם Ex 5:21; Impf. יַבְאִישׁ Pr 13:5; Ec 10:1; Inf. abs. הַבְאֵשׁ 1 S 27:12; cstr. sf. לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִי Gn 34:30;— emit a stinking odour Ex 16:24 of manna (cf. Qal v 20); ψ 38:6 הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י my wounds have grown stinking, they have festered (of chastisement for sin); 1 S 27:12 fig. of David הַבְאֵשׁ הִבְאִישׁ בְּעַמּוֹ he hath become utterly abhorred among his people. cause to stink, זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת יַבְאִישׁ יַבִּיעַ שֶׁמֶן רוֹקֵ֑חַ dead flies cause to stink (and) to ferment the oil of a perfumer Ec 10:1; usually fig. הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם אֶת־רֵיחֵנוּ Ex 5:21 (J), i.e. ye have made us odious, sq. בְּעֵינֵי, cf. (c. acc. pers.) Gn 34:30 sq. בְ; also without obj. Pr 13:5 a wicked man makes odious and shameful (De Now Str; Be Ew Hi Zö acts odiously and shamefully). Pf. הִתְבָּאֲשׁוּ 1 Ch 19:6 they had made themselves odious (= Niph. in ‖ 2 S 10:6), sq. עִם.