Swarming Creatures

Member senses (31)

• אַרְבֶּהlocust
  Sense details

  = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; clean animal, that may be eaten

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-000642-01
• גֵּבlocust, grasshopper
  Sense details

  = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; clean animal, that may be eaten; ≈ associated with destruction

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001245-02
• גֹּבַיlocust
  Sense details

  = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; clean animal, that may be eaten; ≈ associated with large quantities and destruction

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001261-01
• גֹּובlocust
  Sense details

  = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; clean animal, that may be eaten; ≈ associated with large quantities

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001336-02
• גָּזָםlocust
  Sense details

  = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; clean animal, that may be eaten

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001374-01
• דְּבֹורָהbee
  Sense details

  = flying insect that collects nectar from flowers and converts it into honey; lives in swarms made up of many thousands of insects; stings only when threatened; ≈ with connotations ranging from positive (food producing) to negative (as a metaphor for an army of well-organized enemies

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001541-01
• זְבוּבfly
  Sense details

  = an insect with large composite eyes and a single pair of wings; ◄ Musca domestica; ► these insects converge in swarms on (rotting) food, dung, and household garbage; ≈ associated with large quantities

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001908-01
• חָגָבlocust
  Sense details

  = type of migratory locust; consumes all vegetation; ◄ swarming creature with wings; ► clean animal which may be eaten; ≈ regarded as a small but destructive insect; its way of walking resembles that of an old man

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002106-01
• חֹלֶדmongoose, weasel, marbled polecat
  Sense details

  exact meaning unsure: = small, nimble, slender-bodied four-legged animal; ferocious and carnivorous; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002270-01
• חָסִילyoung locust
  Sense details

  exact meaning unkown; probably: = juvenile form of locust

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002411-01
• חַרְגֹּלlocust
  Sense details

  = type of migratory locust; ◄ swarming creature with wings; ► clean animal which may be eaten

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002507-01
• יֶלֶקlocust
  Sense details

  term found primarily in poetic contexts: = six-legged, winged insect that is characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; insects of this type move in swarms at certain periods and migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times they live either solitary or in small groups; ◄ Acrididae family; ► normally eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-002936-01
• כֵּןmosquito
  Sense details

  = a small flying insect that makes a characteristic whining noise as it flies; found around stagnant water and vegetation; feeds on human or animal blood; ► some species can transmit diseases such as malaria and dengue fever

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-003332-10
• כִּנָּםmosquito
  Sense details

  = a small flying insect that makes a characteristic whining noise as it flies; found around stagnant water and vegetation; feeds on human or animal blood; ► some species can transmit diseases such as malaria and dengue fever

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-003337-01
• נְמָלָהant
  Sense details

  = small dark brown insect; its underground nest holds a queen ant, workers, and soldier ants that protect the nest; ant is capable of carrying many times its own weight; ◄ Messor semirufus or Harvester ant; ► symbol of diligence, hard work, and wisdom

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004791-01
• סָלְעָםlocust
  Sense details

  = type of migratory locust; ◄ swarming creature with wings; ► clean animal which may be eaten

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005075-01
• סָמָרbristling locust
  Sense details

  = a locust at a stage in its life-cycle when the wings are covered with a rough, horny casing; ≈ regarded as very destructive^{[source note 1]}

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005088-01
• סָסmoth
  Sense details

  = a moth in larva stage; ◄ Tineidae family; ≈ associated with destruction, damage, and ruin

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005099-01
• עַכָּבִישׁspider
  Sense details

  = eight-legged creature that produces silken strands of web in which they catch their prey, mainly flying insects, such as flies, grasshoppers, and the like; ≈ associated with what is temporary and fragile

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005401-01
• עֲלוּקָהNile leech
  Sense details

  = a worm-like creature that lives in streams, swamps, or damp ground; its specialized mouth makes small cuts in the skin of its victims, which may be humans, animals, reptiles, or fish, after which it fastens itself firmly on to the surrounding skin and gorges itself on blood; ◄ Limnatis nilotica; ≈ associated with greed

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005424-01
• עַקְרָבscorpion
  Sense details

  = terrestrial arachnid with pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail, which it can hold curved over the back; it grows to about 13 cm long; ≈ associated with harsh, inhospitable living conditions

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005610-01
• עָרֹבswarm of insects
  Sense details

  literally: mixture; possibly a general term for a large group of insects

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005623-01
• עָשׁmoth
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  = smallish brown or gray moth that lays eggs in clothing or other cloth; eggs hatch into very small caterpillars, which feed on the fibers; ◄ Tineidae family, probably Tineola biselliella; ≈ symbols of decay, ruin, and slow destruction

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005670-01
• פַּרְעֹשׁflea
  Sense details

  = very small (about 1.25 millimeters long) black, jumping insect that sucks blood in its adult phase, inflicting itching bites as they do so; its hind legs are adapted for jumping; ◄ Pulex irritans; ► parasitic on man, but with other subspecies that also live on dogs, camels, and other mammals; ≈ regarded as a nuisance, though insignificant

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-005995-01
• צְלָצַלlocust, grasshopper
  Sense details

  a type of swarming hopping insect, probably some sort of locust or grasshopper; consumes all vegetation

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006192-01
• צִרְעָהhornet, wasp
  Sense details

  = flying insect belonging to a species that covers both hornets and wasps; ◄ Hymenoptera; ► its sting is very painful and can be dangerous; ≈ associated with dangerous enemies or advancing armies, and hence with fear or panic

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006303-01
• קֶרֶץgadfly
  Sense details

  = type of fly, ◄ Stomoxys calcitrans, ► which feeds on the blood of humans and warm-blooded animals; very persistent and will not leave its host unless brushed or knocked away; some carry diseases; ≈ associated with trouble and persistence

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006570-01
• רִמָּהworm, maggot
  Sense details

  = small, soft, legless, tube-shaped creatures that have no bones or shells; they typically feed on overripe fruit, rotting meat, and similar things; most are larvae that hatch from the eggs laid by flies or some beetles; associated with uncleanness, mortality, decay, and death

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-006783-01
• שַׁבְּלוּלsnail
  Sense details

  = a land mollusk, usually with a spiral shell; a part of its body, called the foot, extends out of the shell and propels the snail; it excretes slime along the road which it travels

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-007139-01
• שֶׁרֶץswarming creature
  Sense details

  = small animals of the variety that usually is found in great quantity, has short legs, and appears to move to and fro without purpose; ► most are unclean, with the exceptions of winged insects that hop; ≈ often associated with uncleanness and idol worship

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-007606-01
• תֹּולֵעָהworm, maggot
  Sense details

  = a general term for worms of all kinds; ≈ associated with uncleanness, decay, and insignificance

  SDBC-HEB-SENSE-007712-01