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Strong's #6244 - עָשַׁשׁ
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1) (Qal) to waste away, fail
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1366) so (אהסה AhSh) AC: Waste CO: ? AB: ?
B) sso (אהסהסה AhShSh) AC: Waste CO: ? AB: ?
V) sso (אהסהסה AhShSh) - Waste: To waste or fail away. KJV (3): (vf: Paal) consumed - Strongs: H6244 (עָשַׁשׁ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
moth (-worm), 
eat (of moth; ? denominative); according to De Psalm 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 Psalm 6:8 my eye is wasted from grief, = Psalm 31:10 (בְּכַעַס; + נַפְשִׁי, בִּטְנִי; 3 plural עֲצָמַי עָשֵׁ֫שׁוּ Psalm 31:11.
עָשַׁשׁ i.q. בָּלָה to fall away
(a) used of clothes falling to pieces from use, and from being moth-eaten (see עָשׁ, عُشّةُ a moth, whence عَثَّ to gnaw as a moth).
(b) used of the face, as having become lean through sickness or care (einfallen, verfallen), Psalms 6:8, 31:10, 11 Psalms 31:11. Arab. عَشَّ to fall away, to become lean.
