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sent: (1) In , “The scent (margin “his memorialâ€) thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.†“Scent†is used for זכר, zekher (so Massoretic Text, but the pointing is uncertain), properly “memorial,†whence the Revised Version margin. The English translation comes through the Septuagint which took zkr as “offering of sweet savor,†and so “sweet savor.†For the “wine of Lebanon†see WINE. If this translation is not right, the alternative is “memorial†in the sense of “renown.†(2) ; for ריח, reÌ„ahÌ£, “odor.†“Scent†of the water in is poetic for “contact with.†(3) The Wisdom of Solomon 11:18 the King James Version has “filthy scents of scattered smoke,†where “scent†is used in the obsolete sense of “disagreeable odor.†The translation is, however, very loose, and “scents†is a gloss; the Revised Version (British and American) “noisome smoke.â€