Lexical Definition

‎אַרְבֶּה‎ ʼarbeh (ar-beh') locust ^H:N-M
from ‎רָבָה‎

grasshopper, locust.

• a locust (from its rapid increase)

1) a kind of locust, locust swarm (coll)
2) (CLBL)
2a) sudden disappearance (fig.)
2b) insignificance (fig.)
2c) activity (fig.)

See Greek: ἀκρίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַרְבֶּה‎ noun masculine^{Exod 10:19} a kind of locust (usually interpreted as the multitudinous, but Dl^{HWB 126 as} = Assyrian âribu, êribu, êribû, locust-swarm, from ‎ארב‎ devastate); — always absolute ‎׳‎‎(הָ)א‎; — usually collective locust-swarm, in simile of swarm of invaders Judg 6:5; Judg 7:12 often apparently the common species (|| other species, compare ‎לְמִינוֺ‎ Lev 11:22): Jer 46:23; Nah 3:15 (simile of multitude; || ‎יֶלֶק‎); as destructive Exod 10:4; Exod 10:12; Exod 10:13; Exod 10:14 (twice in verse); Exod 10:19a (all J), Ps 105:34 (|| ‎יֶלֶק‎), Deut 28:38 (verb ‎תסל‎), 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28; Ps 78:46 (all + ‎תָסִיל‎), Joel 1:4 (twice in verse) (|| ‎גָּזָם‎, ‎יֶלָק‎, ‎חָסִיל‎), Joel 2:25 (|| id.); as disappearing suddenly (simile) Nah 3:17 (|| ‎גּוֺב גּוֺבַי‎); as edible Lev 11:22 (H; || ‎סָלְעָם‎, ‎חִרְגֹּל‎, ‎חָגָב‎); as well organized Prov 30:27 (compare Joel 2:7; Joel 2:8); of single locust, ‎אֶחָד‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Exod 10:19b (J), as leaping (simile) Job 39:20, as shaken out of garment (simile) Ps 109:23 (see II. ‎נָעַר‎). — compare Dr^{Joel 82 ff}.

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