נְמָלָה Ant
Every verse in which this word stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The nemalah — 'go to the ant, sluggard'; a people not strong, yet they prepare their bread in summer. Twice, both in Mishlei.
לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָֽם
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise;
הַנְּמָלִים עַם לֹא־עָז וַיָּכִינוּ בַקַּיִץ לַחְמָֽם
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer;
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Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for ant?
Ant in Hebrew is נמלה, with a gematria of 125 in the standard method.
How many times is the ant mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Proverbs 6:6.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters נמלה stand 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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