gev denotes locusts in a comparison for the gathering and rushing of spoil.

The attested use presents locusts as the comparison for spoil being gathered and for a rushing, swarming movement in Isaiah 33:4.

1. Locusts in a gathering-and-rushing comparison · dominant

   In Isaiah 33:4, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in a comparison: spoil is gathered “as the locust gathers” and is likened to the rushing of swarming locusts. The APB’s whole-verse rendering confirms a locust image of collective gathering and movement.

   Isaiah 33:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 33:4, the APB presents the image with “the locust” and “swarming locusts”; The precise correspondence of each English phrase to the Hebrew form cannot be isolated.