Powtórzonego Prawa 28:38 Komentarz: Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Siftei Chakhamim & Rav Hirsch

יחסלנו [THE LOCUST] WILL CROP IT OFF — The word means: it will make an end of it. It is for this reason that it (the locust) is also called חסיל (cf. e.g. Joel 1:4) because it consumes all the vegetation, etc. (חסל in Aramaic means “to end”; cf. Talmud Yerushalmi Taanit 3:6).

The verb will consume it [Hebrew: yaḥselennu] is derived from the Hebrew word ḥasil, which is a kind of locust.

For this reason it is called, [lit.] the demolisher etc. Elsewhere is the locust called חסיל. Why? Because it destroys everything.