---
title: עָשֵׁשׁ — waste away · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשֵׁשׁ (6244), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: waste away. BDB 1906: vb. waste away. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6244.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-6.md)‎ / עָשֵׁשׁ‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# עָשֵׁשׁ

<!-- .meta -->
«עָשֵׁשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **waste away** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 6244 · **BDB:** עָשֵׁשׁ

### Glosses

it.has.wasted.away (2); they.have.wasted.away (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

waste away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6244/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. waste away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6244/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** vb. waste away (cf. Assyrian ašašu, moth; Arabic عُثٌّ moth(-worm), عَثَّ eat (of moth; ? denom.); according to De ψ 6:8 al. עָשֵׁשׁ is denom. from עָשׁ, prop. be moth-eaten, but improb.); according to JacobZMG 1901, 142; ZAW 1902, 107 be dark; cf. עשׁשׁא darkness, in Chr-Pal. Pf. 3 fs. עָֽשְׁשָׁה מִּכַּעַם עֵינִי ψ 6:8 my eye is wasted from grief, = 31:10 (בְּכַעַם; + נַפְשִׁי, בִּטְנִי); 3 pl. עֲצָמַי עָשֵׁ֑שׁוּ v 11.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָשֵׁשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6244/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.6.8/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* it.has.wasted.away from grief eye my it.has.grown.weak with all foes my

*JPS 1917:* Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 31:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.31.10/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י צַ֫ר־לִ֥י עָשְׁשָׁ֖ה בְכַ֥עַס עֵינִ֗י נַפְשִׁ֥י וּבִטְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* show favor.to.me O.Yahweh (dm) it.is.distress to me it.has.wasted.away with grief eye my being my and belly my

*JPS 1917:* Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [עֶשְׂרִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6242.md)
- next →: [עָשַׁת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6245.md)
- ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-6.md)