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Genesis 8:21 וַיָּ֣רַח and he smelled

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

Here: A narrative past verb: Yahweh 'smelled' the smoke of Noah's burnt offerings. The image is deliberately bodily, borrowed from the language of sacrifice, but God does not eat anything; the smelling leads straight into an inner decision.

Genesis 27:27 וַיָּ֛רַח and he smelled

So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

Here: Isaac breathes in the scent. The same verb is used in Genesis 8:21, where the LORD smells Noah's sacrifice; here a blind man relies on his nose to identify his son.

Exodus 30:38 לְהָרִ֣יחַ to smell

Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”

Leviticus 26:31 אָרִ֔יחַ I will smell

I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

Here: "I will smell." Used with the preposition bə-, as here, it means to smell with pleasure and accept, to take delight in (compare Amos 5:21 and Isa 11:3). God refuses to breathe in the offering, and that means he refuses to accept it.

Deuteronomy 4:28 יְרִיחֻֽן׃ they smell !

And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

Here: 'They smell' (here: do not smell). It is the word used when God 'smells' the soothing aroma of sacrifice (Gen 8:21), so it denies that these gods can enjoy the incense and burnt offerings brought to them.

Judges 16:9 בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ when smells it

While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

1 Samuel 26:19 יָרַ֣ח may he smell

Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

Here: A wish-form: 'let him smell'. It is the language of a sacrifice whose smoke rises as a pleasing aroma and calms divine anger (compare Gen 8:21, where YHWH 'smelled the soothing aroma' after the flood). If God is angry, David asks that an offering appease him.

Job 39:25 יָרִ֣יחַ it smells

At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Psalm 115:6 יְרִיחֽוּן׃ they smell !

they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

Isaiah 11:3 וַהֲרִיח֖וֹ and delighting he

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Here: Literally "and his smelling" or "his breathing in". With the preposition 'in' (bə-), the verb means to take in a scent with pleasure, so "his delight". It also sounds like rûaḥ, 'Spirit/breath', from v. 2: the Spirit rests on him, and he breathes in the fear of the LORD.

Amos 5:21 אָרִ֖יחַ I delight

“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

Here: Sacrifice was pictured as smoke rising to God as a 'pleasing aroma' that he breathed in and accepted (Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9). To say 'I will not smell' means 'I will not accept it, it gives me no pleasure.' The wording repeats the covenant curse of Lev 26:31 exactly: 'I will not smell your pleasing aromas.'