Senses
1. worm, maggot — A worm or maggot, typically associated with decay and decomposition in biblical contexts (Job, Isaiah). All four clusters represent the identical meaning with only grammatical variation (bare noun, conjunction, preposition, plural). Multilingual glosses are unanimous: English 'worm/maggot', Spanish 'gusano/gusanos', Hindi 'kida/kide' (worm/worms), Arabic 'dud/dudah' (worm), Korean 'gudeogi' (maggot) in every cluster, Swahili 'minyoo/mdudu/mabuu' (worms/insects). No semantic distinction exists between any of the four over-split clusters. 7×
AR["الدُّودُ","دودًا","دودَةٌ","دُودٌ","لِ-الدُّودِ","وَ-الدُّودُ","وَ-دُودٌ"]·ben["-পোকার-কাছে","এবং-কীট","এবং-পোকা","কীট","পোকা"]·DE["Wurm","[רמה]","und-Scharlach","und-Wurm","zu-Wurm"]·EN["a-maggot","and-worm","maggot","to-the-worm","worm","worms"]·FR["[רמה]","et-ver","ver"]·heb["ו-רימה","ל-רימה","רימה"]·HI["और-कीड़े","कीड़ा","कीड़े","कीड़े-को"]·ID["dan-ulat","kepada-ulat","ulat"]·IT["[רמה]","al-a-il-verme","e-e-verme","e-verme","un-maggot","verme","worms"]·jav["cacing","dhumateng-cacing","lan-cacing"]·KO["구더기가","구더기를","구더기에게","구더기이고","그리고-구더기가"]·PT["e-verme","o-verme;","para-o-verme","verme","vermes","é-verme;"]·RU["гниль","и-червей","и-червь","червь","червью","червям","червями"]·ES["al-gusano","el-gusano;","gusano","gusanos","y-gusano","y-gusanos"]·SW["funza","kwa-minyoo","mdudu","minyoo","na-mabuu","na-minyoo"]·TR["kurda","kurt","kurtlar","ve-kurt","ve-kurtlar"]·urd["اور-کیڑا","اور-کیڑے","کیڑا","کیڑا ہے","کیڑے","کیڑے-کو"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רִמָּה n.f. worm (cause and sign of decay);—abs. ר׳ Ex 16:24 (P), Is 14:11 (‖ תּוֹלֵעָה), Jb 7:5; 17:14; 21:26; 24:20 all indic. corruption, feeding on dead, etc.; hyperb. of insignificant man 25:6 (‖ תּוֹלֵעָה).