יֶ֫לֶק

יֶ֫לֶק noun masculine^{Nah 3:16} a kind of locust, absolute יֶלֶק Nah 3:16 + 5 t.; יָ֑לֶק Joel 1:4 + 2 t.; — always collective:
  a. as devouring || גָּזָם, אַרְבֶּה, חָסִיל, Joel 1:4 (twice in verse); Joel 2:25 || אַרְבֶּה Ps 105:34 (of Egyptian plague), compare Nah 3:15 a (but strike out We).
  b. in simile of multitude of men Nah 3:15b Jer 51:14 of horses vJer 51:27 (יֶלֶק סָמָר).
  c. in simile of scattering and disappearing Nah 3:16.

יַלְקוּט see לקט.