Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #299694

OSHB Isa 51:8 סָס (şāş) Strongs=5580 Lemma=‘סָס’^*
contextual word gloss=‘clothes-moth’ word gloss=‘worm’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-712 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Only use of identical word form ‘סָס’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘סָס’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘clothes-moth’.

ISA 51:8 contextual word gloss=‘clothes-moth’ word gloss=‘worm’ OSHB ISA 51:8 word 7

OET-LV: 8 If/because like_garment it_will _eat _them moth and_like_wool it_will _eat _them clothes-moth and_righteousness _of_my forever_perpetuity it _will _be and_salvation _of_my to_a _generation _of generations. (ISA_51:8)

OET-RV: 8 because moths will eat them like a piece of clothing,
⇔ and their larva will devour them like they do with wool.
⇔ However, I will only ever do what is right,
⇔ and when I save you, you’ll be free throughout the generations. (ISA 51:8)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘סָס’ in the Hebrew originals.