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bāʾaš בָּאַשׁ ‘to stink’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

bāʾaš v
1) to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad
 1a) (Qal) to stink, smell bad
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to become odious
  1b2) to make oneself odious
 1c) (Hiphil)
  1c1) to stink, emit a stinking odour
  1c2) to cause to stink
  1c3) of wickedness (fig.)
 1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself odious
2) (TWOT) to abhor

Mentioned in Genesis 34:30 Exodus 5:21, 16:20, 7:21, 8:10, 7:18, 16:24 1 Samuel 13:4, 27:12 2 Samuel 16:21, 10:6 Isaiah 50:2, 30:5 Psalms 38:6 Proverbs 13:5 Ecclesiastes 10:1 1 Chronicles 19:6

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