cha.sil denotes a locust appearing in scenes of crop loss, devastation, and swarming activity.

The term consistently denotes a locust: it appears among land-based calamities, consumes what remains in accounts of loss, and is pictured in a gathering swarm. The supplied verses do not require separate lexical senses for these differing scenes.

1. Locust in calamity, loss, and swarming scenes · dominant

   In 1 Kings 8:37 and 2 Chronicles 6:28, the singular absolute noun occurs in lists that include famine, pestilence, blight, and mildew; the APB renders those clauses with “locust” and “caterpillar.” In Joel 1:4 and Joel 2:25, the APB places it in sequences of locusts that eat what remains or have eaten years, while Psalm 78:46 describes crops and toil given to locusts. Isaiah 33:4 pictures spoil gathered “as the locust gathers,” with swarming locusts rushing upon it.

   1 Kings 8:372 Chronicles 6:28Isaiah 33:4Joel 1:4Joel 2:25Psalm 78:46

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB repeatedly uses “locust” in the supplied verses, including lists of calamities, accounts of what has been eaten, and a simile about gathering spoil. Its repeated English wording does not by itself identify the contribution of each original-language token.