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WASP

An insect belonging to the order Hymenoptera, particularly the Vespa orientalis still found in certain portions of Palestine. Gk. sphḗx, which in the LXX translates Heb. ṣirʿâ, (RSV, NRSV mg “hornet”), is used figuratively with reference to Yahweh’s driving out the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Canaan (Wis. 12:8; cf. Exod. 23:28; Deut. 7:20; Josh. 24:12). Some scholars suggest that the wasp here represents the Egyptian Empire and its repeated military campaigns into Late Bronze Age Canaan, weakening the city-state defenses and allowing the Israelites to enter and conquer. Others render the Hebrew term “depression” or “discouragement,” the result of Yahweh’s holy “terror” during war (cf. Exod. 15:14-16; 23:27; Josh. 2:24).

John R. Huddlestun






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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