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The meaning of סׇלְעָם

Understanding çolʻâm reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

apparently from the same as סֶלַע in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming bald locust. - a kind of locus...

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סׇלְעָם

Phoneticsol-awm'
Transliterationçolʻâm
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

apparently from the same as סֶלַע in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming bald locust. - a kind of locust (from its destructiveness) 1) locust 1a) an edible winged locust

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

1 total references
ReferenceText
Leviticus 11:22

Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.

Word: סׇלְעָם (çolʻâm)

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Total Occurrences
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Most Frequent Book
Leviticus
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