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WORM

Small, creeping creatures such as larva worms (Heb. tôlaʿaṯ, tôlēʾâ). The most common types represented in the Bible are those larvae or maggots active in the decomposition process. Worms ate the manna that the Israelites left until morning (Exod. 16:20), as well as the plant that made shade over the head of Jonah (Jonah 4:7). In a list of curses, vineyards will be devoured by worms (Deut. 28:39).

Biblical authors used the worm as a symbol of something humble, worthless, and useless (Ps. 22:6[MT 7]; cf. Isa. 41:14). It also represented death: the end of every human being is worms and maggots (Job 21:26; 25:6; Isa. 14:11). In postbiblical literature some authors used the literary topos “eating by worms” as a proper punishment for those who defiled God, his temple, and other sacred objects and places (e.g., 2 Macc. 9:9).

Isaac Kalimi






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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