[Avodah] We Were Like Grasshoppers

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 01:40:55AM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
>> So, how does "we looked like locusts" an apt turn of phrase for
>> defeatests?

> Because 12 locusts is hardly a swarm.  12 locusts against one giant is
> hardly a contest.

And people are hardly locusts. So why insist on 12?

I am just noting that "and we were like ants" wouldn't have that
ambiguity inherent in naming an insect that actually can harm a giant --
by starvation. So, why chagavim?

For that matter, the devastating (and kosher) chagavim are desert locusts,
and come in from Egypt -- the same direction the meraglim were.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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