Reference: Cankerworm
Easton
(Heb. yelek), "the licking locust," which licks up the grass of the field; probably the locust at a certain stage of its growth, just as it emerges from the caterpillar state (Joe 1:4; 2:25). The word is rendered "caterpillar" in Ps 105:34; Jer 51:14,17 (but R.V. "canker-worm"). "It spoileth and fleeth away" (Na 3:16), or as some read the passage, "The cankerworm putteth off [i.e., the envelope of its wings], and fleeth away."
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Fausets
yeleq, "the licking locust"; the locust when it emerges from the caterpillar state, and takes wing. Na 3:16; "spoileth," rather "the cankerworm puts off (the envelope of its wings) and fleeth away," so shall thy merchants flee. The small wings enable them to leap better, but not to fly; so, until their wings are matured, they continue devouring all vegetation in front of them.
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Hastings
Morish
yeleq. This is supposed to be the 'hedge-chafer,' a species of locust. It "spoileth or spreadeth itself out and fleeth away." It devours much herbage, and is used as a figure of the enemies that would destroy Nineveh. Na 3:15-16; Joe 1:4; 2:25. The same Hebrew word is translated CATERPILLER in Ps 105:34; Jer 51:14,27.
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Smith
Cankerworm.
[LOCUST]
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