H6282b H6282b
odor, fragrance (specifically of incense)
A Hebrew noun referring to odor or fragrance, specifically in ritual contexts. Ezekiel 8:11 uses it to describe the cloud or fragrance of incense rising during idolatrous worship. The term is textually uncertain (marked 'si vera lectio' by BDB), and may be related to an Aramaic loanword. In context, it describes the sensory dimension of worship—the thick cloud of incense smoke that accompanied the elders' secret idolatry in the temple.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes the odor or fragrance of incense in a ritual setting. Ezekiel 8:11 uses this term for the 'fragrance' or 'cloud' of incense rising from the elders' idolatrous worship in the temple. The word captures the sensory element of worship—the smell and visible smoke of burning incense. Spanish glosses 'nube espesa' (thick cloud) and French 'encens' (incense) both reflect aspects of this aromatic, visible offering. 1×
AR["وَ-عَطِرُ"]·ben["আর-ঘন-মেঘ"]·DE["[ועתר]"]·EN["and-fragrance-of"]·FR["et-encens"]·heb["ו-עתר"]·HI["और-उठता"]·ID["dan-awan"]·IT["[ועתר]"]·jav["lan-méga-kandel"]·KO["그리고-짙은-구름이"]·PT["e-nuvem-de"]·RU["и-густое"]·ES["y-nube-espesa-de"]·SW["na-moshi-mzito"]·TR["ve-kokusu"]·urd["اور-گھنا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [עָתָר] n.[m.] odour (si vera l.) (so Vrss.);—cstr. עֲתַר Ez 8:11, of incense.