moth

«moth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: An insect like a butterfly, usually with dull brown or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a moth, moths)

meaning for a pupil

1) An insect like a butterfly, usually with dull brown or grey wings, that mostly flies at night and is drawn to lights. tree →

2) A small moth whose young (larvae) eat holes in wool clothes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The moth stands for what is weak and passing. It eats clothes, so it pictures decay and how brief life is. Interpretation: Tradition reads the moth as a sign that people and their wealth do not last, while God and His word last forever. In the primary lessons: In science, moths and butterflies are insects with four wings and a life cycle: egg, caterpillar, pupa (cocoon), adult. Most moths fly at night and rest with wings flat; many feed on nectar and are pollinators. Phrases: «like a moth to a flame», «moth-eaten».

examples

• Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten. (Writings JOB.13.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh. (Writings JOB.27.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Behold, they all shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up. (Prophets ISA.50.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• A moth flew around the lamp. tree →
• Moths are attracted to light at night. tree →
• The caterpillar turned into a moth. tree →
• Moths ate holes in Grandpa's wool jumper. tree →
• Some moths are as colourful as butterflies. tree →
• Moths help pollinate flowers at night. tree →
• For they saw at once that it was the great white Arctic moth. tree →

note

Countable: moths. Not «mouth»: one letter different. Myth: moths are not harmful to people; only some larvae eat clothes.

In the corpora

• Behold, they all shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
• Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
• How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
• Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
• He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «moth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.