Lexical Summary ashesh: to waste away Original Word: עָשֵׁשׁTransliteration: ashesh Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shaysh') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to waste away Meaning: to shrink, fail Strong's Concordance be consumed A primitive root; probably to shrink, i.e. Fail -- be consumed. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6244. ashesh [עָשֵׁשׁ] verb waste away (compare Assyrian ašašu, moth; Arabic moth (-worm), eat (of moth; ? denominative); according to DePsalm 6:8 and others עָשֵׁשׁ is denominative from עָשׁ, properly be moth-eaten, but improbable); **according to JacobZMG 1901, 141; ZAW 1902, 107 be dark, compare עשׁשׁא darkness, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic. — Qal Perfect3feminine singular עֵינִי מִכַּעַם עָֽשְׁשָׁה Psalm 6:8 my eye is wasted from grief, = 31:10 (בְּכַעַס; + בִּטְנִי נַפְשִׁי,; 3 plural עָשֵׁ֫שׁוּ עֲצָמַי 31:11. |
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