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title: עָשׁ — moth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשׁ (6211), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: moth. BDB 1906: n.m. moth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשׁ

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«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.

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

### Glosses

moth (4); a.moth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6211/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. moth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6211/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6211/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 13:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.28/)

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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.

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[Job 27:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.18/)

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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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