What the cutting locust left,יֶתֶר הַגָּזָםthe locustהָאַרְבֶּהhas eaten;אָכַלand what the locust left,וְיֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּהthe young locustהַיָּלֶקhas eaten;אָכַלand what the young locust left,וְיֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶקthe hopping locustהֶחָסִילhas eaten.אָכַל
Joel 1:4
Study it in the app“What the cutting locust left, the locust has eaten; and what the locust left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust left, the hopping locust has eaten.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joel 1:4, word by word
- What the cutting locust leftיֶתֶרyeter
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appears- What the cutting locust leftגָּזָםgazam
cutting locust
"Gazam": a kind of locust that gnaws and cuts plants.
Where else “gazam” appears- the locustאַרְבֶּהarbe
locust
Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.
Where else “arbe” appears- has eatenאָכַלachal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achal” appears- the young locustיָּלֶקyalek
young locust
A young locust, at the stage when it does not yet fly and devours everything green. The name comes from the idea of "licking" or "devouring".
Where else “yalek” appears- the hopping locustחָסִילchasil
locust
Locust: a kind of locust, or the locust in one of its stages, that devours the crops.
Where else “chasil” appears
Translation note
These are four names of the locust; they may be different kinds or stages of its growth.
The context
3Tell your children about it, and your children their children, and their children another generation.
4 · This verse (above)
5Wake up, drunkards, and weep; and wail, all who drink wine, over the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.