1 Sam 26:20

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let not my.

1Sam 2:9; 1Sam 25:29

the king.

1Sam 24:14; Matt 26:47; Matt 26:55

a flea.{Parosh,} (in Arabic {borghooth,} Syriac, {poorthano,}) the well known little contemptible and troublesome insect, the flea, seems to be so called from its agility in leaping and skipping, from {para,} "free," and {raash,} "to leap, bound." David, by comparing himself to this insect, seems to import, that while it would cost Saul much pains to catch him, he would obtain but very little advantage from it.

a partridge.{Korai} certainly denotes the partridge, which is called in Arabic, {kir�.}

It seems to be so called from the cry or {cur} which it utters when calling its young.