Lexical Definition

‎עָשֵׁשׁ‎ ʻâshêsh (aw-shaysh') to waste ^H:V
a primitive root

be consumed.

• probably to shrink, i.e. fail

1) (Qal) to waste away, fail

See Greek: ταράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָשֵׁשׁ‎] verb waste away (compare Assyrian ašašu, moth; Arabic moth (-worm), eat (of moth; ? denominative); according to De^{Ps 6:8} and others ‎עָשֵׁשׁ‎ is denominative from ‎עָשׁ‎, properly be moth-eaten, but improbable); **according to Jacob^{ZMG 1901, 141; ZAW 1902, 107} be dark, compare ‎עשׁשׁא‎ darkness, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic. —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎עָֽשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַם עֵינִי‎ Ps 6:8* my eye is wasted from grief, = Ps 31:10* (‎בְּכַעַס‎; + ‎נַפְשִׁי‎, ‎בִּטְנִי‎; 3 plural ‎עֲצָמַי עָשֵׁ֫שׁוּ‎ vPs 31:11*.

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