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  • From: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
  • To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃
  • Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:44 -0700 (PDT)

My lexicon defines עָֽשׁ׃  as
  1. moth
  2. herbage, grass
 My question is how you can tell whether a moth or some kind of vegetation is meant in Job 4:19?

Either a moth, or vegetation can be crushed, so how does context help?

Could it be translated either way (as moth, or grass)?

Michael Gerard Burke



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