באוש
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ב־א־שׁ (b-ʾ-sh) |
| 3 terms |
Derived from בָּאַשׁ (ba'ásh, “to stink”) and cognate with Akkadian būšum.
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /bəˈʔoːʃ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /beˈ(ʔ)oʃ/
Noun
בְּאֹשׁ • (b'osh) m (no plural forms, singular construct בְּאֹשׁ־) [pattern: קְטוֹל]
- (Biblical Hebrew) stench, stink, fetid smell
- Tanach, Isaiah 34:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְחַלְלֵיהֶם יֻשְׁלָכוּ וּפִגְרֵיהֶם יַעֲלֶה בׇאְשָׁם וְנָמַסּוּ הָרִים מִדָּמָם׃
- Their slain shall be left lying, and the stench of their corpses shall mount; and the hills shall be drenched with their blood.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | בְּאֹשׁ | first | בָּאְשִׁי | בָּאְשֵׁנוּ | ||
| definite | הַבְּאֹשׁ | second | בָּאְשְׁךָ | בָּאְשֵׁךְ | בָּאְשְׁכֶם | בָּאְשְׁכֶן | |
| construct | בְּאֹשׁ־ | third | בָּאְשׁוֹ | בָּאְשָׁהּ | בָּאְשָׁם | בָּאְשָׁן | |
Synonyms
- צַחֲנָה (tsakhaná)
- (modern) סירחון / סֵרָחוֹן (serakhón)
References
- H889 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “בְּאֹשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 62b