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title: יֶלֶק — locust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֶלֶק (3218), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: locust. BDB 1906: n.m. locust. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֶלֶק

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«יֶלֶק» 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 3218 · **BDB:** יֶ֫לֶק

### Glosses

locust\[s\] (7); a.locust (1); the.locust\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

locust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3218/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. locust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3218/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Na 3:16 a kind of locust, abs. יֶלֶק Na 3:16 + 5 times; יָ֑לֶק Jo 1:4 + 2 times;—always coll.: as devouring ‖ גָּזָם, אַרְבֶּה, חָסִיל, Jo 1:4(×2) 2:25; ‖ אַרְבֶּה ψ 105:34 (of Egyptian plague), cf. Na 3:15a (but del. We). in sim. of multitude of men Na 3:15b Je 51:14; of horses v 27 (יֶלֶק סָמָר). in sim. of scattering and disappearing Na 3:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֶלֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3218/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 105:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.34/)

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אָ֭מַר וַיָּבֹ֣א אַרְבֶּ֑ה וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* he.spoke and it.came locust\[s\] and locust\[s\] and there.\[was\].not a.number

*JPS 1917:* He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number,

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[Nahum 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.16/)

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הִרְבֵּית֙ רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם יֶ֥לֶק פָּשַׁ֖ט וַיָּעֹֽף׃

*Word for word:* you.have.increased traders your more than.the.stars of the.heavens a.locust it.strips.off and it.flew.away

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away.

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