יֶלֶק yeleq

Meaning

a devourer; specifically, the young locust

In the King James Version: cankerworm, caterpillar.

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to lick up;

Where it is used

• Psalms 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
• Jeremiah 51:14 The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
• Jeremiah 51:27 “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
• Joel 1:4 What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
• Joel 2:25 I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
• Nahum 3:15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!
• Nahum 3:16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.