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A species of locust (collective), consistently associated with devastating agricultural destruction and divine judgment.
The masculine noun chasil refers to a specific type of locust, always collective and always destructive. It appears exclusively in contexts of agricultural plague and divine judgment -- the locust swarms of Joel 1:4 and 2:25, the covenant curses of 1 Kings 8:37 and 2 Chronicles 6:28, and the gathering of spoil 'like the gathering of the chasil' in Isaiah 33:4. The exact species remains debated, but the word consistently parallels arbeh (the common locust) and yeleq (the creeping locust), suggesting a particular stage or variety within the locust family.
Senses
1. destroying locust — A destructive species or stage of locust, always appearing as an agent of crop devastation. Spanish renders it variously as 'saltamontes' (grasshopper) and 'destructor' (destroyer), while English traditions waver between 'caterpillar' and 'destroying locust.' The word always parallels other locust terms -- arbeh and yeleq in Joel 1:4; 2:25, and arbeh alone in 1 Kgs 8:37 and Ps 78:46. Isaiah 33:4 uses its swarming and gathering behavior as a simile for the plundering of Assyria's spoil. 6×
AR["الجَرادُ-المُتْلِفُ", "الْجَرَادِ", "جُنْدُبٌ", "لِلْجَرَادِ", "وَ-الجَرادُ-المُتْلِفُ", "وَ-زَحَّافٌ"]·ben["এবং-টিড্ডি", "ও-ফড়িঙ", "টিড্ডি", "পতঙ্গের-কাছে", "ফড়িঙের"]·DE["[החסיל]", "[והחסיל]", "[וחסיל]", "caterpillar", "zu-der-Heuschrecke"]·EN["and-caterpillar", "and-the-destroying-locust", "caterpillar", "of-the-locust", "the-destroying-locust", "to-the-locust"]·FR["[החסיל]", "[וחסיל]", "caterpillar", "et-ver", "ver", "à-sauterelle"]·heb["ה-חסיל", "ו-ה-חסיל", "ו-חסיל", "חסיל", "ל-חסיל"]·HI["और-कटिया", "और-कीड़े-ने", "कीड़े-ने।", "टिड्डा", "टिड्डे-का", "टिड्डों-को"]·ID["belalang", "belalang-lompat", "belalang-penghancur.", "dan-belalang-pelahap", "dan-belalang-penghancur", "kepada-belalang"]·IT["[החסיל]", "[וחסיל]", "a-locusta", "bruco", "e-bruco"]·jav["coro", "dhateng-walang", "lan-uler", "lan-walang-keket", "walang", "walang-keket"]·KO["그-메뚜기의", "그-황충-이", "그리고-그-황충-과", "그리고-황충", "메두기-에게", "황충이"]·PT["ao-gafanhoto", "e-larva", "e-o-destruidor", "lagarta", "o-destruidor", "o-gafanhoto"]·RU["гусеница", "и-гусеница", "и-истребитель", "истребитель", "саранче", "саранчи"]·ES["al-saltamontes", "el-destructor", "la-oruga", "o-pulgon", "saltamontes", "y-el-destructor"]·SW["adui-yake", "kwa-nzige", "kwa-tunutu", "na-nzige-wateketezao", "na-tunutu", "nzige-wateketezao"]·TR["cekirgenin", "kurt", "tırtıla", "ve-tırtıl", "ve-yok-edici-çekirge", "yok-edici-çekirge"]·urd["اور-ٹڈیاں", "اور-کاٹنے-والی-ٹڈی-نے", "لِ-ٹڈّی", "ٹڈی-کا", "کاٹنے-والی-ٹڈی-نے", "کیڑا"]
Related Senses
H6629 1. flock, sheep/goats (small livestock) (274×)H1241 1. cattle, herd (bovine livestock) (183×)H0352a 1. ram (male sheep) (156×)H6499 1. young bull, bullock (130×)H3532 1. lamb, young male sheep (105×)H2543 1. donkey (male ass) (96×)H7794 1. ox, bull (79×)H7462b 1. shepherd (agent noun) (76×)H5795 1. she-goat(s), female goat(s) (68×)H7462b 2. to shepherd, tend, pasture (60×)H1581 1. camel (domestic animal) (54×)H0738b 1. lion (46×)G4263 1. sheep (39×)H5739 1. flock or herd of livestock (38×)H5695 1. calf, young bull (35×)H0738a 1. lion (large predatory feline) (34×)H0860 1. female donkey (34×)H3611 1. dog (animal) (32×)H3715a 1. young lion, lion cub (31×)G0721 1. Lamb (29×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָסִיל n.m. a kind of locust (sg. coll.), always abs. ח׳, and always as destructive; 1 K 8:37 = 2 Ch 6:28 ψ 78:46 (all ‖ אַרְבֶּה), Jo 1:4; 2:25 (‖ יָ֑לֶק, אַרְבֶּה, גָּוָם); cf. אֹסֶף הֶחָ׳ Is 33:4 the gathering of the locust, in sim. of despoiling of Assyria (‖ גֵּבִים).