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זְחֶל‏   n.m.  creeping thing


  creeping thing, worm or reptile  JLAtg, PTA, Sam, LJLA.  TgJ Mi7:17 : זָחֲלֵי עַפרָא‏ .  TN Deut32:24 : וזחלוי דעפרה‏  earth creepers.  PJ Deut32:24 : זחלוי דעפרא‏ . moth worm or any small creature that gnaws destructively (?)  LJLA.  TgJob13:28 : היך לבוש דגמריה זחיל‏ .  TgSong8:9 : היכמה דלית רשו לזחלא למשלט בכספא‏  just as the z’-worm is not allowed to overpower silver.

  a type of locust  JLAtg, Gal.  TgJ Jer51:14 : מַשרְיָת עַמְמִין דְסַגִיאִין כְזַחלָא‏  camps of nations as many as the locust.  TgJ Na3:16 : כְזַחלָא דְשָלַח וֻפָרַח‏  like the locust that strips [misunderstanding BH פָּשַׁט] and flies off.  TgJ Na3:17 : כִזחֵיל גוֹבַי‏  [MT כְּגוֹב גֹּבָי].


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 174b; Jastrow: 390; Levy Ch-W: 1:217; Tal Sam: 229;

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