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H8438B

תּוֹלֵעָה

to.le.ahH:N-M/F

worm

1) worm, maggot 1a) worm, grub 1b) the worm "coccus ilicis"

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. תּוֺלָע noun [masculine] worm, scarlet stuff (dyed with the coccus ilicis, see שָׁנִי ThatcherHast. DB COLOURS); —

1. worm, only plural תּוֺלָעִים in stale manna Exod 16:20 (P).
2. scarlet stuff, absolute singular תּוֺלָ Isa 1:18 (in sim || שָׁנִים; opposed to צֶמֶר); token of luxury Lam 4:5.

תּוֺלֵעָה, תּוֺלַ֫עַת40 noun feminine worm; — absolute תּוֺלֵעָה Isa 14:11; Job 25:6 תּוֺלַעַת Isa 41:14 +, תּוֺלָ֑עַת Deut 28:39; Num 19:6 construct תּוֺלַ֫עַת Exod 25:4 +; suffix תּוֺלַעְתָּם Isa 66:24 —

1. worm, grub, vine-weevil Jonah 4:7; Deut 28:39 (collective); devouring the dead Isa 14:11 (collective: || רִמָּה), Isa 66:24 (collective) symbol of insignificance Isa 41:14; Job 25:6 (|| רִמָּה), Ps 22:7.
2. elsewhere (P) specif + שָׁנִי (q. v.), of the coccus ilicis yielding scarlet colour: ׳שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ Lev 14:4; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:49; Lev 14:51; Lev 14:52; Num 19:6 of crimson stuff שָׁנִי ׳בֶּגֶד ת Num 4:8 usually תְּכֵלָת וְאַרְגָּמָן ׳(הַ)שָּׁנִי וגו ׳שְׁנִ Exod 25:4; Exod 26:1 + 24 t. Exodus.

34 occurrences

Exodus (25), Leviticus (4), Numbers (2), Isaiah (2), Jonah (1)