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Strong's #5556 - סָלְעָם

Transliteration

çolʻâm

Phonetics

sol-awm'

Origin

apparently from the same as (H5553) in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1509

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) locust

1a) an edible winged locust

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Leviticus 1

NAS (2)

Leviticus 2

HCS (1)

Leviticus 1

BSB (1)

Leviticus 1

ESV (1)

Leviticus 1

WEB (1)

Leviticus 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2484) o l x (סלאה SLAh) AC: High CO: Cliff AB: ?: [from: lx- height]

N^m ) o l x (סלאה SLAh) - Cliff: A high rock, cliff or towering rock, as a place of defense. KJV (60): rock, stronghold, stone, stony - Strongs: H5553 (סֶלַע)

p^m) m o l x (סלאהמ SLAhM) - Locust: From its high jumping. KJV (1): locust - Strongs: H5556 (סָלְעָם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

סָלְעָם noun masculine an edible, winged, locust (Late Hebrew id.; swallower, consumer, compare ᵑ7סַלְעֵם swallow up, destroy; Arabic

verb swallow, Kö^{ii. 1,404}); — Leviticus 11:22 (+ אַרְבֶּה, חַרְגֹּל, חַגָב).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סָלְעָם m. a kind of locust, with wings, and used for food, Leviticus 11:22.

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List of Word Forms

הַסָּלְעָ֖ם הסלעם has·sā·lə·‘ām hassalAm hassālə‘ām