חֶרֶא

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine3 occurrences2 books3 verses

Definition

from an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels; excrement
Traditional renderings: dung. Also חֲרִי.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

3 total
  1. 2 Kings 6:25חֲרֵייוֹנִים · of dove’s dung
    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
  2. 2 Kings 18:27חֲרֵיהֶם · their own dung
    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
  3. Isaiah 36:12חַרְאֵיהֶם · their own dung
    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”