3218. yeleq

Lexicon

yeleq: Locust

Original Word: יֶלֶק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: yekeq
Pronunciation: yeh'-lek
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-lek)
Definition: Locust
Meaning: a devourer, the young locust

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cankerworm, caterpillar

From an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust -- cankerworm, caterpillar.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
(a kind of) locust
NASB Translation
creeping locust (5), locust (1), locusts (2), young locusts (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יֶ֫לֶק noun masculine^{Nahum 3:16} a kind of locust, absolute יֶלֶק Nahum 3:16 5t.; יָ֑לֶק Joel 1:4 2t.; — always collective:

a. as devouring "" גָּזָם, אַרְבֶּה, חָסִיל, Joel 1:4 (twice in verse); Joel 2:25; "" אַרְבֶּה Psalm 105:34 (of Egyptian plague), compare Nahum 3:15 a (but strike out We).

b. in simile of multitude of men Nahum 3:15b Jeremiah 51:14; of horses Jeremiah 51:27 (יֶלֶק סָמָר).

c. in simile of scattering and disappearing Nahum 3:16.

יַלְקוּט see לקט.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to lick up.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G200 (ἀκρίς, akris): This Greek term is used in the New Testament to refer to locusts, similar to the Hebrew יֶלֶק (yelek). In Revelation 9:3 (BSB), locusts emerge from the smoke of the abyss, symbolizing a plague of judgment: "And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth."

The imagery of locusts, both in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, serves as a powerful symbol of divine retribution and the natural world's capacity for destruction, underscoring themes of repentance and divine sovereignty.

Usage: The term יֶלֶק (yelek) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a type of locust, often in the context of divine judgment or natural disaster, where locusts are depicted as agents of destruction.

Context: יֶלֶק (yelek) appears in several passages within the Hebrew Bible, often in lists of locusts or as part of a description of a locust plague. The term is typically associated with the destructive power of locusts, which were a common and feared natural phenomenon in the ancient Near East. In the context of biblical literature, locusts symbolize devastation and are frequently used as instruments of God's judgment against nations or peoples.

• Joel 1:4 (BSB): "What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the crawling locust has eaten; and what the crawling locust has left, the consuming locust has eaten." This verse illustrates the comprehensive destruction caused by successive waves of locusts, with יֶלֶק (yelek) being one of the stages in the locust lifecycle.

• Amos 7:1 (BSB): "This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up." Here, יֶלֶק (yelek) is part of a vision of impending judgment, emphasizing the locusts' role as a divine instrument.

• Nahum 3:15 (BSB): "There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down and devour you like a swarm of locusts. Multiply yourselves like the young locust; multiply like the swarming locust!" This passage uses the imagery of locusts to convey the totality of destruction awaiting Nineveh, with יֶלֶק (yelek) symbolizing the overwhelming and consuming nature of the threat.

Forms and Transliterations

הַיֶּ֔לֶק הַיֶּ֖לֶק הַיָּ֑לֶק הילק וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק וילק יֶ֥לֶק ילק כְּיֶ֥לֶק כַּיֶּ֔לֶק כַּיָּ֑לֶק כילק haiYalek haiYelek hay·yā·leq hay·ye·leq hayyāleq hayyeleq kaiYalek kaiYelek kay·yā·leq kay·ye·leq kayyāleq kayyeleq kə·ye·leq keYelek kəyeleq veYelek wə·ye·leq wəyeleq ye·leq Yelek yeleq

Englishman's Concordance

Psalm 105:34
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֣א אַרְבֶּ֑ה וְ֝יֶ֗לֶק וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃
NAS: came, And young locusts, even without
KJV: came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
INT: came and locusts and young without number

Jeremiah 51:14
HEB: מִלֵּאתִ֤יךְ אָדָם֙ כַּיֶּ֔לֶק וְעָנ֥וּ עָלַ֖יִךְ
NAS: you with a population like locusts, And they will cry
KJV: thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up
INT: will fill A population locusts up over

Jeremiah 51:27
HEB: הַֽעֲלוּ־ ס֖וּס כְּיֶ֥לֶק סָמָֽר׃
NAS: up the horses like bristly locusts.
KJV: to come up as the rough caterpillers.
INT: her Bring the horses locusts bristly

Joel 1:4
HEB: הָאַרְבֶּ֖ה אָכַ֣ל הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק
NAS: has left, the creeping locust
KJV: hath left hath the cankerworm eaten;
INT: locust has eaten the creeping and what locust

Joel 1:4
HEB: הַיָּ֑לֶק וְיֶ֣תֶר הַיֶּ֔לֶק אָכַ֖ל הֶחָסִֽיל׃
NAS: the creeping locust has eaten;
KJV: eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left
INT: the creeping and what locust has eaten the stripping

Joel 2:25
HEB: אָכַ֣ל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה הַיֶּ֖לֶק וְהֶחָסִ֣יל וְהַגָּזָ֑ם
NAS: has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust
KJV: hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller,
INT: has eaten the swarming the creeping the stripping and the gnawing

Nahum 3:15
HEB: חֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְ כַּיָּ֑לֶק הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד כַּיֶּ֔לֶק
NAS: It will consume you as the locust [does]. Multiply
KJV: it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many
INT: the sword will consume as the locust Multiply the creeping

Nahum 3:15
HEB: כַּיָּ֑לֶק הִתְכַּבֵּ֣ד כַּיֶּ֔לֶק הִֽתְכַּבְּדִ֖י כָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃
NAS: [does]. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply
KJV: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many
INT: as the locust Multiply the creeping Multiply the swarming

Nahum 3:16
HEB: מִכּוֹכְבֵ֖י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם יֶ֥לֶק פָּשַׁ֖ט וַיָּעֹֽף׃
NAS: of heaven-- The creeping locust strips
KJV: of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth,
INT: the stars of heaven the cankerworm strips and flies

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3218
9 Occurrences

hay·yā·leq — 1 Occ.
hay·ye·leq — 2 Occ.
kay·yā·leq — 1 Occ.
kay·ye·leq — 2 Occ.
kə·ye·leq — 1 Occ.
wə·ye·leq — 1 Occ.
ye·leq — 1 Occ.