H5556
H5556 — סָלעָם
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
col`am (sol-awm') n-m.
1. a kind of locust (from its destructiveness)
[apparently from the same as H5553 in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming]
KJV: bald locust.
Root(s): H5553
TWOT
TWOT: 1509
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KJV Renderings
bald locust.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB5624
סָלְעָם noun masculine an edible, winged, locust (Late Hebrew id.; swallower, consumer, compare ᵑ7 סַלְעֵם swallow up, destroy; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3595] verb swallow, Köii. 1, 404 ); — Lev 11:22 (+ אַרְבֶּה, חַרְגֹּל, חַגָב).