Verse 10
Declare ye it not at Gath. Compare 2 Samuel 1:20 .
Gath. Now Tell es Safi (Joshua 11:22 , &c).
at all. Hebrew. bakko, written defectively for beakko. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ). Hebrew. bakko 'al tibku "[in] Weep-town weep not".
in . . . Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ). Hebrew in 'aphrah . . . 'aphar, English, "in Dust-house roll thyself in dust, "
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