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# canker

noun

«canker» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It is a kind of locust or its young, which eats crops and arrives in huge swarms. It is a plague and also a picture of a vast army.

**Interpretation.** One of the plagues of Egypt was locusts. The prophets use swarms of them as a picture of armies sent by God to punish nations, such as Nineveh and Babylon.

### Meaning

A grub or caterpillar-like insect that eats plants. The word is used in the name "canker-worm". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/canker/#m1)

### Examples

- He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number, (Writings PSA.105.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/canker/#x1)
- Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away. (Prophets NAM.3.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/canker/#x2)
- The LORD of hosts hath sworn by Himself: Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm, and they shall lift up a shout against thee. (Prophets JER.51.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/canker/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «canker» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/canker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«canker» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/canker.html) on Mova free.