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H2716 חֶרֶא (chereʼ) kheh'-reh
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels: excrement; -dung. Also chariy {khar-ee'}.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֶרֶא (che.re) — dung. dung, excrement

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · מַחֲרָאָה

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dung, excrement = excrement; ◄ produced by animals and human beings; ► used as food in times of extreme hardship; may be used as fuel as well; ≈ this word appears to have been considered indecent because it has been replaced by a euphemism in all passages where it is found

1 2KI 6:25 MT-K | MT-Q דִּבְיֹנִים 2 2KI 18:27 · ISA 36:12 MT-K | MT-Q צֹאָה

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[חֶרֶא, or חֲרִי] n.[m.] dung base

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