יֶלֶק
yeleq · yeh'-lek
a devourer; specifically, the young locust
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to lick up;
a devourer; specifically, the young locust
- a devourer
- specifically, the young locust
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cankerworm, caterpillar.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The hand that works of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֶלֶק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the cankerworm2 · 22%
- and caterpillers1 · 11%
- as with caterpillers1 · 11%
- caterpillers1 · 11%
- hath the cankerworm1 · 11%
- and that which the cankerworm1 · 11%
- like the cankerworm1 · 11%
- as the cankerworm1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.