Lexical Definition

‎קֹרֵא‎ qôrêʼ (ko-ray') partridge ^H:N-M
properly, active participle of ‎קָרָא‎

partridge. See also ‎קוֹרֵא‎.

• a caller, i.e. partridge (from its cry)

1) partridge

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎קֹרֵא‎ noun masculine^{Jer 17:11}. usually partridge (from calling; see Gray in FFP¹²³ Post^{Hastings DB under the word} Tristr^{Moab 129, 144 f.}; otherwise Bo^{Hieroz. Participle 2, 81 ff.; ed. Roseum. vol. ii. 632 ff.}); — 1Sam 26:20; Jer 17:11, compare ‎׳‎‎עֵין הִקּוֺ‎ Judg 15:19.

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