תֹּולַעַת
Used: 41 times · Key: 8438 · BDB: תּוֹלֵעָה
Glosses
scarlet.stuff (20); the.scarlet.stuff (6); the.worm (3)
Meaning (OSHB)
worm tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. worm tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. worm;—abs. תּוֹלֵעָה Is 14:11; Jb 25:6; תּוֹלַעַת Is 41:14 +, תּוֹלָ֑עַת Dt 28:39 Nu 19:6; cstr. תּוֹלַ֫עַת Ex 25:4 +; sf. תּוֹלַעְתָּם Is 66:24;— worm, grub, vine-weevil Jon 4:7; Dt 28:39 (coll.); devouring the dead Is 14:11 (coll.: ‖ רִמָּה), 66:24 (coll.); symbol of insignificance 41:14 Jb 25:6 (‖ רִמָּה), ψ 22:7. elsewhere (P) specif., + שָׁנִי (q.v.), of the coccus ilicis yielding scarlet colour: שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ׳ Lv 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Nu 19:6; of crimson stuff, בֶּגֶד ת׳ שָׁנִי 4:8; usually תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְת׳ (הַ)שָּׁנִי וגו׳ Ex 25:4; 26:1 + 24 times Ex.
Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «תֹּולַעַת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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!
וּתְכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֥שׁ וְעִזִּֽים׃
Word for word: and violet.stuff and purple and scarlet.stuff of.scarlet and fine.linen and goat.hair(s)
JPS 1917: and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair;
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