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<p> '''''bē´t''''' ''''''l''''' (the Revised Version (British and American) [[Cricket]]; חרגּל , <i> '''''ḥargōl''''' </i> ; See [[Locust]] ): This name occurs only in Leviticus 11:22 as one of four winged [[Jumping]] insects ( <i> '''''sherec hā''''' </i> - <i> '''''‛ōph''''' </i> ) which may be eaten. It certainly is not a beetle and is probably not a cricket. Probably all four are names of locusts, of which more than 30 species have been described from [[Syria]] and Palestine, and for which there are at least 8 Arabic names in use, though with little distinction of species. Closely allied to <i> '''''ḥargōl''''' </i> are the Arabic <i> '''''ḥarjalet''''' </i> , a troop of horses or a flight of locusts, from <i> '''''ḥarjal''''' </i> , "to gallop," and <i> '''''harjawān''''' </i> , "a wingless locust." </p> | |||
<p> '''''bē´t''''' ''''''l''''' (the Revised Version (British and American) [[Cricket]]; חרגּל , <i> '''''ḥargōl''''' </i> ; See [[Locust]] ): This name occurs only in Leviticus 11:22 as one of four winged Jumping insects ( <i> '''''sherec hā''''' </i> - <i> '''''‛ōph''''' </i> ) which may be eaten. It certainly is not a beetle and is probably not a cricket. Probably all four are names of locusts, of which more than 30 species have been described from Syria and Palestine, and for which there are at least 8 Arabic names in use, though with little distinction of species. Closely allied to <i> '''''ḥargōl''''' </i> are the Arabic <i> '''''ḥarjalet''''' </i> , a troop of horses or a flight of locusts, from <i> '''''ḥarjal''''' </i> , "to gallop," and <i> '''''harjawān''''' </i> , "a wingless locust." </p | |||
Revision as of 12:27, 6 October 2021
bē´t 'l (the Revised Version (British and American) Cricket; חרגּל , ḥargōl ; See Locust ): This name occurs only in Leviticus 11:22 as one of four winged Jumping insects ( sherec hā - ‛ōph ) which may be eaten. It certainly is not a beetle and is probably not a cricket. Probably all four are names of locusts, of which more than 30 species have been described from Syria and Palestine, and for which there are at least 8 Arabic names in use, though with little distinction of species. Closely allied to ḥargōl are the Arabic ḥarjalet , a troop of horses or a flight of locusts, from ḥarjal , "to gallop," and harjawān , "a wingless locust."
