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Job 17:1
“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רוּחַrûwach · roo'-akh
H7307 · Hebrew
H7307 · Hebrew
- Definition
- wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
- Derivation
- from H7306 (רוּחַ);
- KJV renderings
- air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
- Grammar
- רוּחִ֣ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 378 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:2Genesis 3:8Genesis 6:3Genesis 6:17Genesis 7:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רוּחַ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.