ar.beh denotes the locust as a crop-consuming creature and as a comparison for overwhelming numbers or sudden movement.

The term most often identifies the locust in accounts of devastation, food regulations, and observations of its movement; several verses also use locusts as a comparison for innumerable groups, shaking, or destructive advance.

1. The insect in devastation, regulation, and observation · dominant

   The singular noun names the creature that consumes crops in Deuteronomy 28:38 and the vegetation left after hail in Exodus 10:12. In Exodus 10:14 the APB renders a dense arrival across Egypt as “The locusts came up,” while Leviticus 11:22 lists it among creatures that may be eaten and Proverbs 30:27 describes locusts marching in ranks without a king.

   Deuteronomy 28:38Exodus 10:12Exodus 10:14Joel 1:4Leviticus 11:22Proverbs 30:27
2. A comparison for multitude or movement · common

   The noun is used in comparisons: Judges 6:5 and Judges 7:12 portray invading groups as being “like locusts in abundance,” and Jeremiah 46:23 compares an unnumbered multitude to locusts. Job 39:20 asks whether the horse can be made to shake like a locust, while Psalm 109:23 compares the speaker’s being shaken off to a locust.

   Judges 6:5Judges 7:12Jeremiah 46:23Job 39:20Psalm 109:23Nahum 3:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “locust” or “locusts,” including descriptions of consuming vegetation, crops, and what earlier swarms left behind. It also uses “like locusts” in comparative clauses; These renderings confirm the verse-level presentation rather than define each token independently.