ERUCA, a Caterpillar. The Hebrew word Gazam, which we translate Caterpillar, signifies, according to Bochart, a sort of Joel i. 4. Gazam. LXX. Κάμπη. Vide & Joel ii. 25. Amos iv. 9. Isai. xx. 1.Locust. Others translate it a worm.
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