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Psalms 48:8

“As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רוּחַrûwach · roo'-akh
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: בְּ — preposition
ר֥וּחַ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
Code HR/Ncbsc
Usage: Occurs 378 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:2 Genesis 3:8 Genesis 6:3 Genesis 6:17 Genesis 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.

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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.