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Semantic Profile: H7307 — רוּחַ

Language: Hebrew
Lemma: רוּחַ
Transliteration: ru.ach
Gloss: spirit
POS: H:N-F
Total occurrences: 378

Definition

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: spirit1) wind, breath, mind, spirit1a) breath1b) wind1b1) of heaven1b2) quarter (of wind), side1b3) breath of air1b4) air, gas1b5) vain, empty thing1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour1c2) courage1c3) temper, anger1c4) impatience, patience1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse1c7) prophetic spirit1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being1e) spirit (as seat of emotion)1e1) desire1e2) sorrow, trouble1f) spirit1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts1f2) rarely of the will1f3) as seat especially of moral character1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power1g4) as endowing men with various gifts1g5) as energy of life1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

Distribution by Book

רוּחַ distribution

Book Count %
Genesis 11 2.9%
Exodus 11 2.9%
Numbers 14 3.7%
Deuteronomy 2 0.5%
Joshua 2 0.5%
Judges 10 2.6%
1 Samuel 16 4.2%
2 Samuel 3 0.8%
1 Kings 11 2.9%
2 Kings 5 1.3%
1 Chronicles 5 1.3%
2 Chronicles 10 2.6%
Ezra 2 0.5%
Nehemiah 2 0.5%
Job 31 8.2%
Psalms 39 10.3%
Proverbs 21 5.6%
Ecclesiastes 24 6.3%
Isaiah 51 13.5%
Jeremiah 18 4.8%
Lamentations 1 0.3%
Ezekiel 52 13.8%
Daniel 4 1.1%
Hosea 7 1.9%
Joel 2 0.5%
Amos 1 0.3%
Jonah 2 0.5%
Micah 3 0.8%
Habakkuk 2 0.5%
Haggai 4 1.1%
Zechariah 9 2.4%
Malachi 3 0.8%

Morphological Forms

Form Count %
Noun 294 77.8%
Suffix 68 18.0%

LXX Translation Equivalents

Greek Lemma Strongs Count %
πνεῦμα G4151 194 87.0%
ἄνεμος G417 29 13.0%

LXX Translation Consistency

Overall consistency: 88%
Corpus-wide primary rendering: πνεῦμα (87%)
Divergent books: Pro, Jer, Dan

Book Tokens Primary Rendering Consistency Alt Renderings
Genesis 7 πνεῦμα 100%
Exodus 8 πνεῦμα 62% ἄνεμος×3
Numbers 12 πνεῦμα 100%
Judges 9 πνεῦμα 100%
1 Samuel 12 πνεῦμα 100%
2 Samuel 3 πνεῦμα 67% ἄνεμος×1
1 Kings 7 πνεῦμα 100%
2 Kings 5 πνεῦμα 100%
2 Chronicles 8 πνεῦμα 100%
Job 20 πνεῦμα 85% ἄνεμος×3
Proverbs 3 ἄνεμος 67% ← πνεῦμα×1
Ecclesiastes 17 πνεῦμα 94% ἄνεμος×1
Isaiah 35 πνεῦμα 91% ἄνεμος×3
Jeremiah 8 ἄνεμος 62% ← πνεῦμα×3
Ezekiel 34 πνεῦμα 82% ἄνεμος×6
Daniel 3 ἄνεμος 67% ← πνεῦμα×1
Hosea 4 πνεῦμα 75% ἄνεμος×1
Zechariah 7 πνεῦμα 86% ἄνεμος×1

OT → LXX → NT Trajectory

πνεῦμα (G4151) — 385 NT occurrences

NT Book Count
Mat 19
Mrk 23
Luk 38
Jhn 24
Act 70
Rom 35
1Co 41
2Co 16
Gal 18
Eph 14

ἄνεμος (G417) — 221 NT occurrences

NT Book Count
Mat 31
Mrk 13
Luk 44
Jhn 9
Act 49
Rom 2
1Co 1
2Co 7
Eph 1
Php 3

Top Collocates (window ±5, OT)

Lemma Strongs Gloss Observed Expected PMI
קָדִים H6921 east 16 0.8 4.23 67.8
רְעוּת H7469 longing 7 0.1 6.34 61.6
נִשְׁמָא H5397 breath 10 0.3 5.07 55.9
קָנֶה H7070 branch 13 0.8 4.08 52.2
נָבָא H5012 to prophesy 15 1.4 3.40 45.7
בֵּן H1121 son: child 19 61.1 -1.69 45.6
זָרָה H2219 to scatter 10 0.5 4.37 44.4
פָּעַם H6470 to trouble 5 0.1 6.34 44.0
סַ֫עַר H5591 tempest 8 0.3 4.75 40.3
הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity 11 0.9 3.61 36.6

Example Verses

[Gen 1:2] וְ/ר֣וּחַ

And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon...

[Gen 3:8] לְ/ר֣וּחַ

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid them...

[Gen 6:3] רוּחִ֤/י

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hu...

[Gen 6:17] ר֣וּחַ

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of lif...

[Gen 7:15] ר֥וּחַ

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.


Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT/TALXX (CC BY 4.0, Tyndale House Cambridge). IBM Model 1 word alignment. Collocations scored by log-likelihood (G²).