ba.ash describes producing a foul smell or becoming odious to others in the Bible.

The attested uses chiefly describe becoming odious in the eyes of other people or causing such disfavor; they also describe physical foulness in spoiled food, polluted water, dead fish, and perfumed oil.

1. Become or make oneself odious · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 13:4, Israel becomes odious to the Philistines after Saul strikes their garrison; in 2 Samuel 16:21, Absalom is to become odious with his father. Genesis 34:30 places the Hiphil infinitive construct in Jacob's accusation that Simeon and Levi have made him odious to the inhabitants of the land, while Exodus 5:21 similarly speaks of making Israel's aroma stink in Pharaoh's eyes.

   1 Samuel 13:42 Samuel 16:21Genesis 34:30Exodus 5:211 Samuel 27:121 Chronicles 19:6
2. Give off a foul odor · common

   In Exodus 7:18 and Exodus 7:21, the Nile stinks after its fish die, preventing the Egyptians from drinking its water. Exodus 16:20 contrasts stored food that bred worms and stank with Exodus 16:24, where what was set aside did not stink; Ecclesiastes 10:1 likewise has dead flies make perfumer's oil stink.

   Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Exodus 16:20Exodus 16:24Ecclesiastes 10:1Isaiah 50:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the physical-use clauses with “stink” or “stank,” while social clauses are often rendered “odious.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings identify the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.