H6550 H6550
flea, a tiny jumping insect used figuratively to express insignificance or unworthiness
David uses this diminutive creature twice when speaking to King Saul, asking why the king of Israel would pursue something as insignificant as a dead dog or a single flea. The image perfectly captures David's sense of being unworthy of such royal attention. In the ancient Near East, as today, fleas were among the smallest and most negligible of creatures, making them an ideal metaphor for self-deprecation before a powerful authority.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — Both occurrences appear in David's speeches to Saul (1 Sam 24:14; 26:20), where he uses the flea as a figure of his own worthlessness compared to the king. The consistent translation across languages—English, Spanish 'pulga,' French and German all preserving the literal meaning—shows this is understood as the common parasitic insect. David's rhetorical question 'After whom has the king of Israel come out? After a dead dog? After a single flea?' brilliantly employs the creature's tiny size to highlight the absurdity of Saul's pursuit. 2×
AR["بُرغوثًا", "بُرغوثٍ"]·ben["মাছি"]·DE["flea"]·EN["flea"]·FR["flea"]·heb["פרעוש"]·HI["पिस्सू"]·ID["kutu"]·IT["flea"]·jav["kutu", "tuma"]·KO["버룩을", "벼룩"]·PT["pulga"]·RU["блохой", "блоху"]·ES["pulga"]·SW["kiroboto"]·TR["pire", "pireyi"]·urd["پسو"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† I. פַּרְעֹשׁ 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.