The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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רֵיחַ רֵחָא‏ n.m. smell

smell Com. Dan3:27 : וְרֵיחַ נוּר לָא עֲדָת בְּהוֹן‏ the smell of fire did not pass out of them †. GenApoc 10.17 : ורח מקטורתי לשמי֗א סלק‏ . TgJ Jer48:11 : כְחַמרָא דִנטִיר עַל שִמרֵיה וְרֵיחֵיה לָא פָג‏ like wine kept on its lees while its smell did not disappear. PJ Gen27:33 : וריח תבשיליה עלת באנפוי‏ the smell of his stew struck his face.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 523a; DJBA: 1075a; Jastrow: 1474; Levy Ch-W: 2:421; Tal Sam: 832; Cook,Qumran: 223;

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Derivatives:

rwḥ vb. a/u to breathe easily; D to placate

ryḥn, ryḥnˀ (rēḥān, rēḥānā) n.m. fragrance