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Lexicon :: Strong's H2716 - ḥărā'îm

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חֲרָאִים
Transliteration
ḥărā'îm
Pronunciation
kheh'-reh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 730a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: חראים (Gesenius) חרא (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶא chereʼ, kheh'-reh; from an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels; excrement:—dung. Also חֲרִי.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H2716 in the following manner: dung (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H2716 in the following manner: dung (1x).

  1. dung, excrement

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶא chereʼ, kheh'-reh; from an unused (and vulgar) root probably meaning to evacuate the bowels; excrement:—dung. Also חֲרִי.
STRONGS H2716: Abbreviations
† [חֶרֶא, or חֲרִי] noun [masculine] dung (Late Hebrew חרא(י_), id.; Aramaic bdb035101 id.; Mandean חרא (on this and cognate languages in general see NöM 56); Arabic bdb035102 id., whence verb bdb035103 of act, and noun bdb035104 of place; Amharic bdb035105 (DiLex. Aeth. 88) — plural suffix חַרְאֵיהֶם Isaiah 36:12 Kt (Qr צוֺאָתָם); || [H2755 2 Kings 18:27] has חֲרִיהֶם (see singular חרי [H2755 2 Kings 6:25]; Qr as above); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung [H2755 2 Kings 6:25] Kt (Qr דִּבִיוֺנִים); see, further, GeiUrschrift, 409.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

36:12

H2716

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2716 matches the Hebrew חֲרָאִים (ḥărā'îm),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:12 - But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
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