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a worm properly so called 5 we are certain it must be a grub, 

 or a small insect, or the larva of an insect undergoing a 

 metamorphosis. The word rimma is never employed in this 

 latter sense, at least in the Bible. It would seem, therefore, 

 that in this respect the Hebrew language is richer than our 

 own, since, in common parlance, we have only one word to 

 designate the worm of the nut, of the pear, of the apple, and 

 of all other fruit, and the earth-worm, though these animals 

 are not only not of the same genus, but belong to very dif- 

 ferent orders.' 1 



5. Gassa. 



Gaza is also a Hebrew word : it is used in the Bible in 

 one place to designate an insect injurious to the vine in par- 

 ticular, but afterwards for an insect destnictive to all kinds of 

 plants, in connexion with many other insects, the names of 

 which have occasioned a vast number of dissertations, some 

 of which would fill volumes. We too have examined the 

 modern names which might correspond with the ancient names 

 of insects mentioned with the word gaza in the Bible, and 

 shall, perhaps, treat of them in another paper. Here we 

 must confine ourselves to that which concerns the word gaza, 

 because it is the only one of these names which is employed 

 for an insect particularly injurious to the vine, and we shall 

 only occupy ourselves with the other names of insects which 

 are mentioned in connexion with the word gaza, as far as 

 they may assist us- in interpreting it correctly. But the diver- 

 sities of opinion among translators has been so great, that it 

 will be needful, in order to obtain clear ideas on the subject, 

 to give the passages as we have translated them, without 

 altering the Hebrew names. 



We find the following passage, in which gaza is used for 

 the name of an insect destructive of the vine, in Amos iv. 9: — 

 " I have smitten you with the searching wind and mildew. 

 Gaza has devastated your gardens, and all your vines and your 

 fig and olive trees, and you have not returned to me, saith the 

 Lord." 



b Vid. Cuv. Regno Animal, torn. iii. p. 180, sur la troisieme grand division 

 des animaux articules oti ce naturaliste etablit que les vers, autrementdit Ann6- 

 lides, doivent marcher en tete de cette division etavant les Crustacees, les Arach- 

 nides et les Insectes. 



