Original Language Studio
Psalms 38:6
“I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בָּאַשׁbâʼash · baw-ash'
H887 · Hebrew
H887 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (make to) be abhorred (had in abomination, loathsome, odious), (cause a, make to) stink(-ing savour), [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ — verb Hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:30Exodus 5:21Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Exodus 8:10
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 בָּאַשׁ 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.