Lexical Definition

‎חָסִיל‎ châçîyl (khaw-seel') locust ^H:N-M
from ‎חָסַל‎

caterpillar.

• the ravager, i.e. a locust

1) locust

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָסִיל‎ noun masculine a kind of locust (singular collective) always absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎, and always as destructive; 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28; Ps 78:46 (all || ‎אַרְבֶּה‎), Josh 1:4; Josh 2:25 (|| ‎יָ֑לֶק‎, ‎אַרְבֶּה‎, ‎גָּזָם‎); compare ‎׳‎‎אֹסֶף הֶחָ‎ Isa 33:4 the gathering of the locust, in simile of despoiling of Assyria (|| ‎גֵּבִים‎).

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