BDB6465
[עָשֵׁשׁ] verb
waste away (compare Assyrian
ašašu
, moth; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 4135]
moth (-worm),
[untranscribed source text 4136]
eat (of moth; ? denominative); according to DePs
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
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 Ps 31:11.