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יחסלנו. יְכַלֶּנּוּ, וְעַל שֵׁם כָּךְ נִקְרָא חָסִיל, שֶׁמְּכַלֶּה אֶת הַכֹּל: 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).