# H7306 רוּחַ

רוּחַ (rûwach), Strong’s H7306: properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy) KJV: accept, smell, [idiom] touch, make of…

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*rûwach* — properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)

KJV: accept, smell, [idiom] touch, make of quick understanding.

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [רִיחַ] vb. denom. Hiph.(?), smell, perceive odour

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 8:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=21) — The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s…
- [Genesis 27:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=27) — He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my…
- [Exodus 30:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=38) — Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
- [Leviticus 26:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/26?v=31) — I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation. I will not take delight in the sweet…
- [Deuteronomy 4:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/4?v=28) — There you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
- [Judges 16:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=9) — Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He broke the…
- [1 Samuel 26:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=19) — Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that the LORD has stirred you up…
- [Isaiah 11:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/11?v=3) — His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing…
- [Amos 5:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/5?v=21) — I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
- [Psalms 115:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/115?v=6) — They have ears, but they don’t hear. They have noses, but they don’t smell.