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Commentary for Leviticus 11:22

אֶת־אֵ֤לֶּה מֵהֶם֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ אֶת־הָֽאַרְבֶּ֣ה לְמִינ֔וֹ וְאֶת־הַסָּלְעָ֖ם לְמִינֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַחַרְגֹּ֣ל לְמִינֵ֔הוּ וְאֶת־הֶחָגָ֖ב לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃

even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds.

Chizkuni

, הארבה, “the species known as locusts. The word is related to הרבה, “many,” there being so many different subcategories.
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הסלעם, “the cricket,” a species dwelling in rocks, i.e. .סלע
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החרגל, “the grasshopper;” [details of this kind of locust are sketchy. Ed.]
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