Strong’s definition
a kind of locust (from its destructiveness)
KJV gloss list in the source
bald locust.
Source pronunciation notation: sol-awm'
Derivation recorded by Strong
apparently from the same as H5553 (סֶלַע) in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. consuming;
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