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title: גָּזָם — locusts · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּזָם (1501), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: locusts. BDB 1906: n.m. locusts. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּזָם

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«גָּזָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **locusts** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1501 · **BDB:** גָּזָם

### Glosses

locust (1); locust\[s\] (1); the.locust\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

locusts [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1501/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. locusts [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1501/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Am 4:9 locusts (coll.)—abs. גָּזָם Jo 1:4; 2:25; Am 4:9;—always as devouring, devastating, Jo 1:4 (‖ אַרְבֶּה, יֶלֶק, חָסִיל), 2:25 (‖ id.); Am 4:9 alone: your gardens and your vineyards, and your fig-trees and your olive-trees יֹאכַל הַגָּזָם.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּזָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1501/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.4/)

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יֶ֤תֶר הַגָּזָם֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיֶ֥תֶר הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* the.remainder of the.locust\[s\] it.has.eaten the locust\[s\] and the.remainder of the.locust\[s\] it.has.eaten the locust\[s\] and the.remainder of the.locust\[s\] it.has.eaten the locust\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

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[Joel 2:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.25/)

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וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֤י לָכֶם֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֙ אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה הַיֶּ֖לֶק וְהֶחָסִ֣יל וְהַגָּזָ֑ם חֵילִי֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּי בָּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.restore to you (et) the years which it.has.eaten the locust\[s\] the locust\[s\] and the locust\[s\] and the locust\[s\] army my (the) great which I.sent among you

*JPS 1917:* And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpiller, and the palmer-worm, My great army which I sent among you.

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