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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#m1)

2) A small moth whose young (larvae) eat holes in wool clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x1)
- He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh. (Writings JOB.27.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x2)
- Behold, they all shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up. (Prophets ISA.50.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x3)
- A moth flew around the lamp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x4)
- Moths are attracted to light at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x5)
- The caterpillar turned into a moth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x6)
- Moths ate holes in Grandpa's wool jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x7)
- Some moths are as colourful as butterflies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x8)
- Moths help pollinate flowers at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x9)
- For they saw at once that it was the great white Arctic moth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/#x10)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1127/)
- [Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.70/)
- [How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.86/)
- [Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.340/)
- [He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.688/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «moth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/moth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.