Lexical Definition

‎חָגָב‎ châgâb (khaw-gawb') locust ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

locust.

• a locust

1) locust, grasshopper

See Greek: ἀκρίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חָגָב‎ noun masculine^{Eccl 12:5} locust, grasshopper (Late Hebrew id.; compare ᵑ7), probably a non-flying species, see Kn in Di^{Lev 11:22}; ‎הֶחָגָב‎ allowed as food Lev 11:22 (P; || ‎אַרְבֶּה‎, ‎סָלְעָם‎, ‎חַרְגֹּל‎), ‎כַּחֲגָבִיס‎ Num 13:33 (J E; simile of insignificance), so Isa 40:22 as agent of Yahweh's wrath ‎חָגָב לֶאֱכוֺל חארץ‎ 2Chr 7:13 ‎וְיִסְתַּבֵּל‎ ‎הֶחָגָב‎ Eccl 12:5 and the grasshopper shall be a burden; better shall drag itself along, De Hi Now RVm; De thinks ‎׳‎‎ח‎ here figurative of the back part of the pelvic cavity (Arabic is point of hip-bone, Bo, compare Lane), and refers to stiffness of aged joints, so Now; but the meaning is dubious; see other views of Comm.

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