תּוֹלָע
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
worm tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
תּוֹלָע: worm, scarlet stuff tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] worm, scarlet stuff (dyed with the coccus ilicis, v. שָׁנִי, ThatcherHast.DB Colours);— worm, only pl. תּוֹלָעִים, in stale manna Ex 16:20 (P). scarlet stuff, abs. sg. תּוֹלָע Is 1:18 (in sim. ‖ שָׁנִים; opp. צֶמֶר); token of luxury La 4:5.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: crimson (2).
In the verses
הָאֹֽכְלִים֙ לְמַ֣עֲדַנִּ֔ים נָשַׁ֖מּוּ בַּחוּצ֑וֹת הָאֱמֻנִים֙ עֲלֵ֣י תוֹלָ֔ע חִבְּק֖וּ אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת׃ס
Word for word: [those who].ate (to) delicacies they.are.desolate in the streets [those who.were].brought.up on crimson they.have.embraced ash.heaps
JPS 1917: They that did feed on dainties are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
לְכוּ־נָ֛א וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אִם־יִֽהְי֨וּ חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם כַּשָּׁנִים֙ כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ אִם־יַאְדִּ֥ימוּ כַתּוֹלָ֖ע כַּצֶּ֥מֶר יִהְיֽוּ׃
Word for word: come please and let.us.argue.our.case.together he.says Yahweh though they.are sins your like (the) scarlet like (the) snow they.will.become.white though they.are.red like (the) crimson like (the) wool they.will.be
JPS 1917: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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