Words the Bible translates as dung
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ashpotאַשְׁפֹּתa heap of ashes, sweepings, and waste dumped at the edge of a town: the filthiest spot in the landscape, and so the lowest place a person can end up.
- pereshפֶּרֶשׁthe dung of a sacrificial animal: the half-digested contents of its stomach and intestines, the waste discarded when the animal is cut open.
- domenדֹּמֶןdungnot studied yet
- gelelגֵּלdung: excrement, animal or human, named bluntly, both as the ordinary substance and as the byword for what is worthless.
- skubalonσκύβαλονwhat gets thrown out: the worthless leftovers swept away once the useful part has been taken
- galalגָּלָלdungnot studied yet
- tsephu'aצָפִיעַcattle dung: cow droppings, dried and burned as everyday cooking fuel
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