Lexical Definition

‎חֶרֶא‎ chereʼ (kheh'-reh) dung ^H:N-M
from an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels

dung. Also חֲרִי chărîy (khar-ee').

• excrement

1) dung, excrement

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: יוֹנָה

[‎חֶרֶא‎, or ‎חֲרִי‎] noun [masculine] dung (Late Hebrew ‎חרא‎ (‎י‎_), id.; Aramaic id.; Mandean ‎חרא‎ (on this and cognate languages in general see Nö^{M 56}); Arabic id., whence verb of act, and noun of place; Amharic (Di^{Lex. Aeth. 88})) — plural suffix ‎חַרְאֵיהֶם‎ Isa 36:12 Kt (Qr ‎צוֺאָתָם‎); || 2Kgs 18:27 has ‎חֲרִיהֶם‎ (see singular ‎חרי‎ 2Kgs 6:25 Qr as above); ‎חֲרִי יוֺנִים‎ dove's dung 2Kgs 6:25 Kt (Qr ‎דִּבִיוֺנִים‎); see, further, Gei^{Urschrift, 409}.

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