עָשׁ

«עָשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: moth — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 6211 · BDB: עָשׁ³

Glosses

moth (4); a.moth (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

moth tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. moth tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m.Is 50:9 moth (as waster, consumer);—ע׳ abs., Ho 5:12 (‖ רָקָב), Is 50:9; 51:8; in sim. ψ 39:12; כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָשׁ Jb 13:28; symbol of fragility Jb 4:19.—27:18 read prob. עַכָּבִישׁ q.v.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Job 13:28

וְ֭הוּא כְּרָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝בֶ֗גֶד אֲכָ֣לוֹ עָֽשׁ׃

Word for word: and he like rottenness he.wears.out like a.garment [which].it eats.it a.moth

JPS 1917: Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 27:18

בָּנָ֣ה כָעָ֣שׁ בֵּית֑וֹ וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה נֹצֵֽר׃

Word for word: he.has.built like (the) moth house his and like a.shelter [which].he.has.made a.watchman

JPS 1917: He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.

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