עָשׁ (ʿăśab) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning moth. It appears
12 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6211).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1715a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1715a)moth
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָשׁ: moth
Strong's H6211עָשׁ: a moth KJV:moth. See also H5906.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1715: עָשֵׁשׁʿāšēš — waste away; shrink, fail; be consumed