STRONGS NUMBER H7306


Word Summary
ruach: accept, smell, touch, make of quick understanding
Original Word: רוּחַ
Transliteration: ruach
Phonetic Spelling: (roo'-akh)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: accept, smell, touch, make of quick understanding
Meaning: accept, smell, touch, make of quick understanding
Strong's Concordance
accept, smell, touch, make of quick understanding

A primitive root; properly, to blow, i.e. Breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy) -- accept, smell, X touch, make of quick understanding.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7306. ruach

[רִיחַ‎] verb denominative Hiph`il (?),smell, perceive odour; -Imperfect3masculine singular יָרִיחַJob 39:25, יָרַח1 Samuel 26:19 2t.; וַיָּ֫רַחGenesis 8:21; 3masculine plural יְרִיח֑וּןPsalm 115:6, יְרִיחֻ֑ןDeuteronomy 4:28, etc.; Infinitive construct הָרִיחַExodus 30:38, etc.; — smell, with accusative Genesis 8:21; 27:27 (JE), 1 Samuel 26:19; absolute Deuteronomy 4:28; Psalm 115:6; metaphor אֵשׁ בּהֲרִיחוֺJudges 16:9, מִלְחָמָה יָרִיחַJob 39:25 the horse scenteh battle; with בExodus 30:38; Leviticus 26:31 (both P); metaphor = delight in Amos 5:21; Isaiah 11:3 (probably dittograph BrMP 202).