קֹרֵא qôrêʼ

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: partridge. See also H6981 (קוֹרֵא).

Derivation: properly, active participle of H7121 (קָרָא);

Where it is used

• 1 Samuel 26:20 So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
• Jeremiah 17:11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”