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H5556

סׇלְעָם

çolʻâm [sol-awm'] Noun
Core meaninga kind of locust (from its destructiveness)

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H5556

a kind of locust (from its destructiveness)

KJV usage: bald locust.
Etymology: apparently from the same as 5553 in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming;
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

kind of locust. Usage: bald locust. bald locust.

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