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יֶלֶק (yeleq) n-m (yeh'-lek)
Source: from an unused root meaning to lick up;
Meaning: a devourer; specifically, the young locust
KJV: cankerworm, caterpillar.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

j.bq.ab

יֶ֫לֶק n.m. a kind of locust

Appears in a total of 7 verses:

PSA 105:34

OET-LV: 34 He_spoke and_ locust[s] _it_came and_locust[s] and_there_was_not a_number. (PSA_105:34)

OET-RV: 34 He spoke out and the locusts came
 ⇔ and grasshoppers that simply couldn’t be counted, (PSA 105:34)

JER 51:14

OET-LV: 14 YHWH He_swears soldiers/messengers by_self_of_his if/because (if) I_will_fill_you person[s] like_locust[s] and_they_will_sing to_you shouting. (JER_51:14)

OET-RV: 14 Commander-in-chief Yahweh has made an oath by his own life:
 ⇔ ‘I’ll fill you with men, like a swarm of locusts,
 ⇔ and they’ll shout out against you.’ (JER 51:14)

JER 51:27

OET-LV: 27 Lift_up a_standard on_the_earth blow a_trumpet among_nations consecrate on/upon_it(f) nations summon on/upon_it(f) the_kingdoms_of ʼArāraţ Minniy and_ʼAshkənaz appoint on/upon_it(f) an_official bring_up horse[s] like_locust[s] bristly. (JER_51:27)

OET-RV: 27 Lift up a banner over the earth.
 ⇔ ≈ Blow the trumpet across the nations.
 ⇔ Call the nations to attack it: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
 ⇔ Appoint a commander to attack it.
 ⇔ Bring in horses like swarming locusts. (JER 51:27)

NAH 3:15

OET-LV: 15 There it_will_consume_you fire it_will_cut_you_off the_sword it_will_consume_you like_locust[s] make_yourself_numerous like_locust[s] make_yourself_numerous like_locust. (NAH_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 Even so, fire will devour you.
 ⇔ The sword will cut you down.
 ⇔ They’ll chew you up like locusts.
 ⇔ You need to multiply like locusts and grasshoppers. (NAH 3:15)

NAH 3:16

OET-LV: 16 You_have_increased traders_of_your more_than_the_stars_of the_heavens a_locust it_strips_off and_it_flew_away. (NAH_3:16)

OET-RV: 16 You have so many merchants—
 ⇔ more than the stars in the sky.
 ⇔ Like locusts, they strip valuables and then fly away. (NAH 3:16)

JOL 2:25

OET-LV: 25 And_I_will_restore to/for_you(pl) DOM the_years which it_has_eaten the_locust[s] the_locust[s] and_the_locust[s] and_the_locust[s] army_of_my (the)_great which I_sent among_you(pl). (JOL_2:25)

OET-RV: 25 “And I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust and the hopping locust,
 ⇔ the destroying locust and the cutting locust have eaten—
 ⇔ my huge army that I sent among you. (JOL 2:25)

JOL 1:4

OET-LV: 4 The_remainder_of the_locust[s] it_has_eaten the_locust[s] and_the_remainder_of the_locust[s] it_has_eaten the_locust[s] and_the_remainder_of the_locust[s] it_has_eaten the_locust[s]. (JOL_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 What the cutting locusts left behind, the swarming locusts have eaten,
 ⇔ and what the swarming locusts left behind, the hopping locusts have eaten,
 ⇔ and what the hopping locusts left behind, the destroying locusts have eaten. (JOL 1:4)

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