Word

פּוּחַ

pûwach · H6315 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

to blow upon

Causative action by which deities or forces cause air to blow from one place to another

Examples
Song of Solomon 4:16 “Awake, north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, May its balsam oils flow. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its delicious fruits!”
Ezekiel 21:31 ‘I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will hand you over to brutal men, craftsmen of destruction.
Literally: to blow; hence: causative action by which humans cause a conflict among people by their actions (to stir up (an area))

Examples
Proverbs 29:8 Arrogant people inflame a city, But wise people turn away anger.
to sneer

Literally: to blow (at people); hence: action by which humans express their anger towards other humans

Examples
Psalm 10:5 His ways succeed at all times; Yet Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
to utter

Literally: to blow; hence: action by which humans utter words, which can be either truthful or lying

Examples
Proverbs 6:19 A false witness who declares lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
Proverbs 12:17 One who declares truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit.
Proverbs 14:5 A trustworthy witness will not lie, But a false witness declares lies.
a breeze starts blowing at the end of the day

Literally: the day blows; hence: process by which a breeze starts blowing, signaling the end of the day

Examples
Song of Solomon 2:17 “Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”
Song of Solomon 4:6 “Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
to long for, to sigh for

Literally: to blow (for something); hence: state in which humans or deities strongly desire for something to happen

Examples
Psalm 12:5 “Because of the devastation of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will put him in the safety for which he longs.”
Habakkuk 2:3 “For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hurries toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it delays, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay long.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

14 occurrences in 7 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 6
יוֹםday, time 2
עֵדwitness 2
אִישׁman, person, each 1
מִרְמָהfalsehood 1
Not stated: I 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

7 occurrences in 3 groups

כָּזָבlie, falsehood 5
אֱמוּנָהfaithfulness, truth 1
קִרְיָהtown 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 5 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ ךְyou 1
בin/on/with+ אֵשׁfire 1
בin/on/with+ הֶםthem 1
לto/for+ קֵץend, final 1
לto/for+ וֹhim 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

מָלַטto escape, to deliver 1
נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 1
אָבַדto perish, to destroy 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 4 words

נָשַׁף nâshaph · H5398 · to blow, to cause to blow: נָשַׁף and פּוּחַ (pûwach, H6315) both mean “to blow,” whether of wind or breath.
נָפַח nâphach · H5301 · to blow, to breathe, to breathe (one's) last: Both words are verbs meaning "to blow," with related senses of breath, puff, and speaking or uttering. They are distinct Hebrew roots that overlap in the sense of blowing and can substitute in some contexts.
שָׁאַף shâʼaph · H7602 · to gasp, to pant, to sniff the air: Both words describe breath-related actions, blowing, puffing, panting and snuffing; both also carry a figurative extension toward "desire" or "wish."
נָשַׁב nâshab · H5380 · to blow, to make to blow: נָשַׁב and the target lexeme both mean ‘to blow’ (of wind or breath); the target lexeme carries additional senses (such as speaking or expressing anger), but the two share this core sense of blowing as near-synonyms.

Semantic domains 5 entries

Blow002002001002: פּוּחַ means to blow or breathe out, as of the wicked man who snorts at his enemies in Psalm 10:5 and the refining process in Psalm 12:6.
Angry002001002002: The word carries a scornful, contemptuous force, as when the wicked man breathes out scorn at his enemies in Psalm 10:5.
Speak002004001009008: פּוּחַ is used of uttering or declaring, as of the false witness who breathes out lies in Proverbs 6:19, 12:17, and 14:5.
Time002002002010: The word's idiomatic use for the breaking or blowing of the day ties it to marking a point in time, a facet not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of breathing, scorn, and speech.
Wish002004002001001: This domain's connection to פּוּחַ is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of breathing, scorn, and uttering false speech.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פּוּחַpûwach · H6315פִּיחַ pîyach · H6368 · soot · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6315. puach [מּוּחַ] verb breathe, blow (Late Hebrew מּוּחַ blow out; Arabic (), =…

H6315. puach
[מּוּחַ] verb breathe, blow (Late Hebrew מּוּחַ blow out; Arabic (), = Hebrew, so Aramaic מּוּחַ, ); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular הַיּוֺם יָפוּחַ Son 2:17; Son 4:6 until the day breathes, i.e. grows cool.
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular יָפִיחַ Psa 10:5 +; יָפִחַ Pro 14:25; וְיָפֵחַ Hab 2:3, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הָפִיחִי Son 4:16; —
1 cause garden (accusative) to exhale (that is, odours) Son 4:16.
2. a. puff, snort, against, ב person, Psa 10:5.
b. עַל person, Ezekiel 21:36 with the fire of my wrath will I blow against thee.
c. excite, inflame city Pro 29:8.
d. with לוֺ Psa 12:6 puff, = pant for it (so most; Thes Hi and others against whom men puff; Bae לוֺ אֹמִּיעַ I will shine forth to him); לַקֵּן Hab 2:3 the vision panteth (hasteth) towards the end (so most).
3 breathe out, utter, כְּזָבִים Pro 6:19; Pro 14:5, Pro 14:25; Pro 19:5, Pro 19:9, אֱמוּנָה Pro 12:17.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 5 entries

Angry1 occurrence Blow2 occurrences Time2 occurrences Speak8 occurrences Wish2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0