parash, of which the former were chariot horses, and the latter cavalry horses and of a lighter build for riding. Parash also signifies horseman, and in some cases the correct sense is lost sight of in the Authorised Version, as in Ezek. 27:14, ‘They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules,’ where the rendering should be ‘driving-horses and riding-horses;’ and in Joel 2:4, ‘The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they
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