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Strong's #2186 - זָנַח
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1) to cast off, reject, spurn
1a) (Qal) to reject
1b) (Hiphil) to forcefully reject someone
2) to stink, emit stench, become odious
2a) (Hiphil) stink (perfect)
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Qal Perfect ׳ז Hosea 8:3,5; Lamentations 2:7; זָנַחְתָּ Psalm 44:10 2t.; suffix זְנַחְתָּ֑נִי Psalm 43:2; זְנַחְתָּנוּ Psalm 60:3; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 108:12; זְנַחְתִּים Zechariah 10:6; Imperfect יִזְנַח Psalm 77:8; Lamentations 3:31; תִּזְנַח Psalm 44:24 2t.; — reject, Israel rejects good Hosea 8:3; Samaria's calf rejects her Hosea 8:5 (others make ׳י subject; We Kl. Proph. reads אזנת I reject), elsewhere God rejects people Psalm 43:2; Psalm 60:3; Psalm 77:8; Psalm 88:15; Zechariah 10:6; לָנֶצַח Psalm 44:24; Psalm 74:1; לעולם Lamentations 3:31; ׳ולא תצא בצבאתינו ז Psalm 44:10; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 108:12; נַפְשִׁי מִשָּׁלוֺם Lamentations 3:17; king Psalm 89:39; altar Lamentations 2:7.
Hiph`il Perfect הִזְנִיחַ 2 Chronicles 29:19; suffix הִזְנִיחָם 2 Chronicles 11:14; 3 plural הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ Isaiah 19:6, see II. זנח; Imperfect יַזְנִיחֲךָ 1 Chronicles 28:9; — (late) reject (= earlier
Qal), Jeroboam rejects the Levites ׳מכהן לי 2 Chronicles 11:14; Ahaz the sacred vessels 2 Chronicles 29:19; ׳י rejects Song of Solomon 1Chronicles 28:9.
II. [זָנַח] stink, emit stench (compare Arabic 
become rancid, of oil, etc., Lane); — only
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine plural הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ נְהָרוֺת rivers stink Isaiah 19:6 (read הִזְנִיחוּ Ges§ 53, 6 Ol§ 255 b Sta§ 420 a Kö i. 293; but Ew§ 123 b De Di derive from elative אַזְנָח or אֶזְנָח).
זָנַח
(1) to stink, to be rancid, to be corrupt, see Hiphil. (So the Arab. زنخ, سنخ. Kindred roots are צָחַן, זָהַם, زِنْقُ turbid or muddy water; and in Greek, τάγγος and ταγγή, rancidity, ταγγός, rancid; also, σικχός, causing loathing, σικχαίνω.)
(2) Metaph. to be abominable. Hosea 8:5, זָנַח עֶגְלֵךְ שֹׁמְרוֹן “O Samaria, thy calf is an abominable thing.” Also transitively, to loathe, to spit out, to reject (comp. זָהַם). Hosea 8:3, זָנַח יִשְׂרָאֵל טוֹב “Israel has rejected that which is good;” often used of Jehovah rejecting a people, Psalms 43:2, לָמָּה זְנַחְתָּנִי “why hast thou cast me off?” Psalms 44:10, 24 Psalms 44:24, 60:3, 12 Psalms 60:12, 74:1 77:8 89:39. Followed by מִן to thrust away from any thing. Lamentations 3:17, וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי “thou hast thrust me away from peace,” thou hast deprived me of peace, or welfare.
Hiphil
(1) like Kal No. 1, pr. to emit a stench. Isaiah 19:6, הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ נְהָרוֹת “the rivers shall stink,” i.e. they fail and become shallow. LXX. ἐκλείψουσιν οἱ ποταμοί. Vulg. deficient flumina. (The form הֶאֶזְנִיחוּ is scarcely Hebrew, and it seems to have sprung from the coalition of two readings, הִזְנִיחוּ and אֶזְנִיחוּ, the latter being a Chaldaism.)
(2) i.q. Kal No. 2, to reject, to cast away, 1 Chronicles 28:9 followed by מִן 2 Chronicles 11:14 causat. [to render stinking, i.e. to pollute, or] to profane, 2 Chronicles 29:19.
Derivative, זָנוֹחַ pr.n.
