Animals

חָסִיל Chasil

Every verse in which this word stands — 6 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.

Creeping thingGematria 108×6 in TanakhKosher — discussedFirst appearance:

The chasil, the finisher — named from consuming; in Yoel's chain it eats what the rest left, and Shlomo names it in his Temple prayer. A stage or kind of the locust; the identification is discussed.

1 Kings 8:37מלכים א ח:לז

רָעָב כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ דֶּבֶר כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה שִׁדָּפוֹן יֵרָקוֹן אַרְבֶּה חָסִיל כִּי יִהְיֶה כִּי יָֽצַר־לוֹ אֹיְבוֹ בְּאֶרֶץ שְׁעָרָיו כָּל־נֶגַע כָּֽל־מַחֲלָֽה

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

Isaiah 33:4ישעיהו לג:ד

וְאֻסַּף שְׁלַלְכֶם אֹסֶף הֶֽחָסִיל כְּמַשַּׁק גֵּבִים שׁוֹקֵק בּֽוֹ

And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

Joel 1:4יואל א:ד

יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם אָכַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה וְיֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה אָכַל הַיָּלֶק וְיֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק אָכַל הֶחָסִֽיל

That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; And that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; And that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Joel 2:25יואל ב:כה

וְשִׁלַּמְתִּי לָכֶם אֶת־הַשָּׁנִים אֲשֶׁר אָכַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה הַיֶּלֶק וְהֶחָסִיל וְהַגָּזָם חֵילִי הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר שִׁלַּחְתִּי בָּכֶֽם

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpiller, and the palmer-worm, My great army which I sent among you. .

Psalms 78:46תהלים עח:מו

וַיִּתֵּן לֶחָסִיל יְבוּלָם וִֽיגִיעָם לָאַרְבֶּֽה

He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labour unto the locust.

2 Chronicles 6:28דברי הימים ב ו:כח

רָעָב כִּֽי־יִהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ דֶּבֶר כִּֽי־יִֽהְיֶה שִׁדָּפוֹן וְיֵרָקוֹן אַרְבֶּה וְחָסִיל כִּי יִהְיֶה כִּי יָֽצַר־לוֹ אוֹיְבָיו בְּאֶרֶץ שְׁעָרָיו כָּל־נֶגַע וְכָֽל־מַחֲלָֽה

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;

Quick answers

What is the Hebrew word for chasil?

Chasil in Hebrew is חסיל, with a gematria of 108 in the standard method.

How many times is the chasil mentioned in the Tanakh?

The word stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 8:37.

A spelling is not a word. The bare letters חסיל 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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