Strong's Definition
from an unused root meaning to lick up; a devourer; specifically, the young locust
KJV Usage: cankerworm, caterpillar
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יֶ֫לֶק (ye.leq) — locust. 1) young locust (early stage of development) 1a) caterpillar (as devouring)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Swarming Creatures | ≈ אַרְבֶּה · גָּזָם · חָסִיל
locust term found primarily in poetic contexts: = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw
PSA 105:34 · JER 51:14 · JER 51:27 · JOL 1:4 · JOL 1:4 · JOL 2:25 · NAM 3:15 · NAM 3:15 · NAM 3:16
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יֶ֫לֶק n.m. a kind of locust base