BDB3562 [H3218]

יֶ֫לֶק noun masculineNah 3:16 a kind of locust, absolute יֶלֶק Nah 3:16 + 5 t.; יָ֑לֶק Joel 1:4 + 2 t.; — always collective:
\ \ a. as devouring || גָּזָם, אַרְבֶּה, חָסִיל, Joel 1:4 (twice in verse); Joel 2:25 || אַרְבֶּה Ps 105:34 (of Egyptian plague), compare Nah 3:15 a (but strike out We).
\ \ b. in simile of multitude of men Nah 3:15b Jer 51:14 of horses vJer 51:27 (יֶלֶק סָמָר).
\ \ c. in simile of scattering and disappearing Nah 3:16.


יַלְקוּט see לקט.


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