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[b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃

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

My lexicon defines עָֽשׁ׃ as

moth

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

[b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, Mike Burke, 06/19/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, K Randolph, 06/19/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, Mike Burke, 06/19/2013
    - Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, K Randolph, 06/19/2013
      - Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, Pere Porta, 06/19/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, Barry, 06/19/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, K Randolph, 06/19/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, Pere Porta, 06/19/2013
        
        Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, K Randolph, 06/19/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, David Kolinsky, 06/19/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] עָֽשׁ׃ in Job 4:19׃, Isaac Fried, 06/19/2013