רִמָּה

«רִמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: worm — 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: 7 times · Key: 7415 · BDB: רִמָּה²

Glosses

a.maggot (3); maggot[s] (3); maggot (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

worm tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. worm tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. worm (cause and sign of decay);—abs. ר׳ Ex 16:24 (P), Is 14:11 (‖ תּוֹלֵעָה), Jb 7:5; 17:14; 21:26; 24:20 all indic. corruption, feeding on dead, etc.; hyperb. of insignificant man 25:6 (‖ תּוֹלֵעָה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Job 25:6

אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אֱנ֣וֹשׁ רִמָּ֑ה וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃פ

Word for word: indeed? (dm) a.person a.maggot and a.child of.humankind a.worm

JPS 1917: How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!

Job 21:26

יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

Word for word: together on dust they.will.lie and a.maggot it.will.cover over them

JPS 1917: They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.

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