This noun identifies a type of locust or cricket, named for the whirring sound it makes. Deuteronomy 28:42 lists it among covenant curses: 'the whirring locust will possess all your trees and crops.' The cognates in Akkadian and Aramaic also denote chirping or whirring insects. While the exact species is uncertain, the defining characteristic is the sound—a persistent, pervasive noise accompanying agricultural devastation. This is one of several Hebrew locust terms, each perhaps distinguishing types or life stages.