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He spoke,אָמַרand there cameוַיָּבֹאlocusts,אַרְבֶּהand young locusts,וְיֶלֶקwithoutוְאֵיןnumber,מִסְפָּר
Psalms 105:34
Study it in the app“He spoke, and there came locusts, and young locusts, without number,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 105:34, word by word
- He spokeאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- and there cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- locustsאַרְבֶּהarbe
locust
Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.
Where else “arbe” appears- and young locustsיֶלֶקyelek
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 “yelek” appears- numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears
The context
33And he struck their vines and their fig trees, and broke the trees of their territory.
34 · This verse (above)
35and they ate all the vegetation in their land, and ate the fruit of their ground.