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ANT

Most likely the ants (Heb. nĕmālâ) mentioned in Prov. 6:6-8; 30:25 are harvester ants (Messor Semirufus), the most frequent species in Israel today. Storing food during the harvest for use during the wintertime, the ant embodied two great virtues, diligence and wisdom. Actually, the ants either enter a state of dormancy when it is cold or continue working all year around. Obviously, the ants’ endless carrying of grains, leaves, and matter to their ant-heaps must have been the grounds for the proverbial sayings.

Rabbinical literature discusses the damage caused by ants and even describes a kind of biological control. If soil were brought from one ant-heap to another, the two groups of ants would destroy each other (Moʿed Qaṭ. 6b) because each colony has its own distinct smell.

Jesper Svartvik






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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