יֶלֶק

«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.

Used: 9 times · Key: 3218 · BDB: יֶ֫לֶק

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

locust tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. locust tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 105:34

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,

Nahum 3:16

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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