HebrewH5556Noun (Masculine)

סׇלְעָם

sol.am

1Occurrences
H5556Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a kind of locust (from its destructiveness)

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. locust 1a) an edible winged locust

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

סׇלְעָם appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
1

Key Passages

Leviticus 11:22BSB

Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

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