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Psalms 78:46

Psalms 78:46

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the caterpillar: Chosal:, from chasal:, to consume, eat up, is rendered βρουξοϚ: or βρουχος: by the LXX, in , and Aquila here, and also the Vulgate in Chron. and and Jerome here, bruchus:, the chaffer, which every one knows to be a great devourer of the leaves of trees. The Syriac in ; , renders it tzartzooro:, which Michaelis, from the Arabic tzartzar:, a cricket, interprets the mole-cricket, which in its grub state is also very destructive to corn, grass, and other vegetables, by cankering the roots on which it feeds.

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