Lexical Definition

‎זְבוּב‎ zᵉbûwb (zeb-oob') fly ^H:N-M
from an unused root (meaning to flit)

fly.

• a fly (especially one of a stinging nature)

1) fly

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זְבוּב‎ noun masculine^{Eccl 10:1} fly (as moving to and fro in the air? compare Fl NHWB^{i. 438 b}; Late Hebrew id., Assyrian zumbu, Dl^{S 63 f.}; Arabic , Aramaic ‎דִּיבָבָא‎, , ); — literal only ‎זְבוּבֵי מָוֶת‎ Eccl 10:1 i.e. dead flies; so AV RV Hi Now and others; > ᵐ5 De and others death-bringing, deadly flies; ‎זְבוּב‎ metaphor of Egyptian army Isa 7:18 (|| ‎דְּבוֺרָה‎, bee, of Assyrian); on ‎בַּעַל‎ ‎זְבוּב‎ see ‎בַּעַל‎ II. 4, p. 127 above

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