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title: עָשׁ — moth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשׁ (lemma:עָשׁ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:עָשׁ · **BDB:** עָשׁ³

### Glosses

\[the\].Bear (1); moth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

moth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. moth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5c1/#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, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.9/)

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עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].makes \[the\].Bear Orion and Pleiades and.\[the\] chambers of.\[the\].south

*JPS 1917:* Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

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[Hosea 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.5.12/)

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וַאֲנִ֥י כָעָ֖שׁ לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְכָרָקָ֖ב לְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I \[am\].like (the) moth to Ephraim and like (the) rottenness to the.house of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

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