28. Peres--the explanation of "dividers" (Da 5:25), the active participle plural there being used for the passive participle singular, "dividers" for "divided." The word "Peres" alludes to the similar word "Persia."
      divided--namely, among the Medes and Persians [MAURER]; or, "severed" from thee [GROTIUS].

JFB.