ריח

רִיחַ, רוּחַ(b. h.) to breathe, waft, blow.Denom. רוּחַ. Hif. הֵרִיחַ to scent, smell. Gen. R. s. 34 הלך וַהֲרִיחָהּ (not וריחה) he went and smelled of it. Ib. (ref. to Gen. 8:21) ה׳ ריחו של אברהםוכ׳ he smelled the savor of Abraham, our father, rising from the fiery furnace (foresaw the self-sacrifice of Abraham); ה׳ דורו של שמד he smelled the savor of the generation of persecution (foresaw their martyrdom). Snh.11a ה׳ ריח שום he perceived the smell of garlic. Zeb.62a הֵרִיחוּ ריח קטרת they smelled the savor of frankincense (at the place where the Temple had stood). Nidd.58b כל המוללו מֵרִיחַ בו whoever crushes it, smells its odor. Snh.109a לערב באין ומְרִיחִין אותווכ׳ in the evening they came and scented it (the balsam) like a dog. Yoma VIII, 4 עוברה שהֵרִיחָהוכ׳ a woman with child that smelled (a dish on the Day of Atonement, and has a morbid desire for it) must be given to eat, until she feels restored. B. Bath. 146a bot. ריח צנון אני מריח בגליל I smell a radish in Galilee (have a strong appetite for a Galilean radish); a. fr.