of Canaan] Of the stock of the Canaanites, which dwelt in Phoenicia, neer the sea, Numbers 13:29. Such were the Zidonians, Judg. 1. 31.
Have mercy on me] She counts her daughters misery her own; so strong was her motherly affection.
thou son of David] Thou that art the expected Messias, of the seed of David.