Lexical Definition

‎גּוֹב‎ gôwb (gobe) locust ^H:N-M
from ‎גּוּב‎

grasshopper, [idiom] great.

• the locust (from its grubbing as a larvae)

1) locusts

Extended Information

• Also means: gov (‎ג‎ּ‎ו‎ֹ‎ב‎ "locust" גּוֹב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גּוֺב‎ noun [masculine] locusts, Nah 3:17 compare ‎גֹּבַי‎.

‎גֹּבַי‎, ‎גּוֺבָ֑י‎ noun masculine^{Amos 7:1}, compare see 2 collective locusts (swarm, multitude; Aramaic ‎גּוּבָא‎, plural ‎גוּבָאֵי‎; on formative see Ol^{§ 216 d}), ‎גֹּבַי‎ symbol of Yahweh's judgment on Israel Amos 7:1 in simile of disappearance of Assyrian leaders at destruction of Nineveh ‎גּוֺב גּוֺבָ֑י‎ Nah 3:17 (locust-) swarm of locusts (|| ‎אַרְבֶּה‎); but strike out ‎גּוֺב‎ as dittograph We and others

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