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title: פַּרְעֹשׁ — flea · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פַּרְעֹשׁ (6550), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: flea. BDB 1906: n.m. flea. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פַּרְעֹשׁ

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«פַּרְעֹשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flea** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 6550 · **BDB:** פַּרְעֹשׁ

### Glosses

a.flea (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flea [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6550/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flea [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6550/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. flea (Assyrian puršuʾû, paršuʾû; on transp. of, v. HomA. u. A. i. 21);—fig. of insignificance 1 S 24:15; 26:20 נַפְשִׁי 𝔊 Th We Dr al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פַּרְעֹשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6550/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 24:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.24.15/)

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אַחֲרֵ֨י מִ֤י יָצָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֥י מִ֖י אַתָּ֣ה רֹדֵ֑ף אַֽחֲרֵי֙ כֶּ֣לֶב מֵ֔ת אַחֲרֵ֖י פַּרְעֹ֥שׁ אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* after whom? has.he.come.out the.king of.Israel after whom? \[are\].you pursuing after a.dog dead after a.flea one

*JPS 1917:* After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

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[1 Samuel 26:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.20/)

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וְעַתָּ֗ה אַל־יִפֹּ֤ל דָּֽמִי֙ אַ֔רְצָה מִנֶּ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי־יָצָ֞א מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֣שׁ אֶחָ֔ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִרְדֹּ֥ף הַקֹּרֵ֖א בֶּהָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and now not let.it.fall blood my ground to.\[the\] from before the.presence of.Yahweh (dm) he.has.come.out the.king of.Israel to seek (et) a.flea one just as someone.pursues the partridge in the mountains

*JPS 1917:* Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'

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