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title: סָס — moth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָס (5580), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: moth. BDB 1906: n.m. moth. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָס

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«סָס» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5580 · **BDB:** סָ֑ס

### Glosses

clothes-moth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5580/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. moth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5580/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. moth (𝔗 סָסָא, Syriac ܣܳܣܳܐ; Assyrian sâsu, DlHWB 506; Arabic سُوسٌ, سُوسَةٌ; Ethiopic ፃፄ Thes LagArmen. Stud. § 2262 cp. Armen. zez = Gk. σής, wh. is der. from סָס by BoHieroz. iii. 514 LewyFremdw. 16 f.);—וְכַצֶּמֶר יֹאכְלֵס סָ֑ס Is 51:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5580/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 51:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.8/)

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כִּ֤י כַבֶּ֙גֶד֙ יֹאכְלֵ֣ם עָ֔שׁ וְכַצֶּ֖מֶר יֹאכְלֵ֣ם סָ֑ס וְצִדְקָתִי֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וִישׁוּעָתִ֖י לְד֥וֹר דּוֹרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) like (the) garment it will.eat.them moth and like (the) wool it will.eat.them clothes-moth and righteousness my forever of.perpetuity it.will.be and salvation my to a.generation of.generations

*JPS 1917:* For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but My favour shall be for ever, and My salvation unto all generations.

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