Lexical Summary yeleq: (a kind of) locust Original Word: יֶלֶקTransliteration: yeleq Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-lek) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: (a kind of) locust Meaning: a devourer, the young locust Strong's Concordance cankerworm, caterpillar From an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust -- cankerworm, caterpillar. Brown-Driver-Briggs H3218. yeleq יֶ֫לֶק noun masculineNahum 3:16 a kind of locust, absolute יֶלֶק 3:16 5t.; יָ֑לֶק Joel 1:4 2t.; — always collective: a. as devouring "" חָסִיל אַרְבֶּה, גָּזָם,, Joel 1:4 (twice in verse); 2:25; "" אַרְבֶּה Psalm 105:34 (of Egyptian plague), compare Nahum 3:15 a (but strike out We). b. in simile of multitude of men Nahum 3:15b Jeremiah 51:14; of horses 51:27 (סָמָר יֶלֶק). c. in simile of scattering and disappearing Nahum 3:16. יַלְקוּט see לקט. |
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