Lexical Definition

‎אַשְׁפֹּת‎ ʼashpôth (ash-pohth') Dung (Gate) ^H:N-M
or אַשְׁפּוֹת ʼashpôwth (ash-pohth'); or שְׁפֹת shᵉphôth (shef-ohth'); (contraction) plural of a noun of the same form as ‎אַשְׁפָּה‎, from ‎שָׁפָה‎ (in the sense of scraping)

dung (hill).

• a heap of rubbish or filth

1) ash heap, refuse heap, dung-hill

See Greek: κοπρία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אַשְׁפֹּת‎ noun [masculine] ash-heap(?), refuse-heap, dung-hill (probably originally fire-place stones, compare Arabic below √); — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute as beggars' resting-place 1Sam 2:8 = Ps 113:7 (both || ‎עָפָר‎; compare Job 2:8 Wetzst in De); so plural ‎אַשׁפַתּוֺת‎ Lam 4:5 ‎שַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת‎ Neh 2:13; Neh 3:14; Neh 12:31 = ‎הָֽשְׁפוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Neh 3:13 (Ges^{«GKC:35d»§ 35d}).

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