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title: חָסִיל — locust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָסִיל (2625), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: locust. BDB 1906: n.m. locust. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָסִיל

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«חָסִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **locust** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 2625 · **BDB:** חָסִיל

### Glosses

locust\[s\] (5); locust (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

locust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2625/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. locust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2625/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a kind of locust (sg. coll.), always abs. ח׳, and always as destructive; 1 K 8:37 = 2 Ch 6:28 ψ 78:46 (all ‖ אַרְבֶּה), Jo 1:4; 2:25 (‖ יָ֑לֶק, אַרְבֶּה, גָּוָם); cf. אֹסֶף הֶחָ׳ Is 33:4 the gathering of the locust, in sim. of despoiling of Assyria (‖ גֵּבִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָסִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2625/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.46/)

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וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לֶחָסִ֣יל יְבוּלָ֑ם וִֽ֝יגִיעָ֗ם לָאַרְבֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.gave to the locust produce their and the.result of.their.toil to the locust

*JPS 1917:* He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.

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[Isaiah 33:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.4/)

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וְאֻסַּ֣ף שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם אֹ֖סֶף הֶֽחָסִ֑יל כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק גֵּבִ֖ים שׁוֹקֵ֥ק בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.gathered plunder your (the).gathering of.(the) locust\[s\] like.\[the\] rushing of.locusts \[someone.will.be\].rushing on it

*JPS 1917:* And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

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