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title: רִמָּה — worm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִמָּה (7415), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: worm. BDB 1906: n.f. worm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִמָּה

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«רִמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **worm** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7415 · **BDB:** רִמָּה²

### Glosses

a.maggot (3); maggot\[s\] (3); maggot (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

worm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7415/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. worm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7415/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. worm (cause and sign of decay);—abs. ר׳ Ex 16:24 (P), Is 14:11 (‖ תּוֹלֵעָה), Jb 7:5; 17:14; 21:26; 24:20 all indic. corruption, feeding on dead, etc.; hyperb. of insignificant man 25:6 (‖ תּוֹלֵעָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7415/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 25:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.25.6/)

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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!

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[Job 21:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.26/)

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יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* together on dust they.will.lie and a.maggot it.will.cover over them

*JPS 1917:* They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them.

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