Lexical Definition

‎עָשׁ‎ ʻâsh (awsh) moth ^H:N
from ‎עָשֵׁשׁ‎

moth. See also ‎עַיִשׁ‎.

• a moth

1) moth
2) herbage, grass

See Greek: σής

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎עָשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Isa 50:9} moth (as waster, consumer); — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute, Hos 5:12 (|| ‎רָקָכ‎), Isa 50:9; Isa 51:8 in simile Ps 39:12* ‎כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֺ עָשׁ‎ Job 13:28 symbol of fragility Job 4:19. — Job 27:10 read probably ‎עַכָּבִישׁ‎ q. v.

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