1. ash heap, dunghill, refuse pile — A heap of ashes, dung, or refuse, often used as a symbol of extreme poverty or degradation (1 Sam 2:8, Ps 113:7, Lam 4:5). All three clusters share identical semantic content: the determined singular (eng: the-Dung, spa: el-muladar, arb: الدِّمنَةِ, kor: 그-재더미, swa: takataka), the prepositional form with min (eng: from-the-ash-heap, spa: del-muladar, arb: مِنَ-المَزبَلَة, hin: कूड़े-से, swa: kutoka-jalani), and the plural (eng: ash-heaps, spa: muladares, arb: الْمَزَابِلَ, kor: 쓰레기-더미들, swa: jalala). Translations uniformly point to waste/refuse piles. 7×
AR["الدِّمنَةِ","الزُّبْلَةِ","الْمَزَابِلَ","مِنَ-الـ-مَزْبَلَةِ","مِنَ-المَزبَلَة"]·ben["-আবর্জনার","আবর্জনা-থেকে","আবর্জনার","আবর্জনার-স্তূপ"]·DE["[אשפתות]","[האשפות]","[האשפת]","[השפות]","von-ash-heap","von-der-ash-heap"]·EN["ash-heaps","from-ash-heap","from-the-ash-heap","the-Dung"]·FR["[אשפתות]","[האשפות]","[האשפת]","[השפות]","de-ash-heap","de-tas-de-fumier"]·heb["אשפתות","ה-אשפות","ה-אשפת","ה-שפות","מ-אשפות"]·HI["कूड़े-के","कूड़े-के-ढेरों-को","कूड़े-से"]·ID["Sampah","dari-tempat-sampah","dari-tumpukan-sampah","sampah","tumpukan-tumpukan-sampah"]·IT["[אשפתות]","[מאשפת]","da-ash-heap","letamaio"]·jav["Uwuh","saking-tumpukan-uwuh","saking-uwuh","tumpukan-lebu","uwuh"]·KO["-에서-재더미","거름더미-에서","그-분문의","그-재더미-의","그-재더미들-의","쓰레기-더미들-을"]·PT["do-monturo","monturo","o-Esterco","o-Lixo","o-Lixão"]·RU["Мусора","из-грязи","из-навозной-кучи","кучи-мусора","мусорным","мусорных"]·ES["del-muladar","el-muladar","la-basura","muladares"]·SW["Takataka","jalala","kutoka-jalani","takataka"]·TR["-çöplükten","gülrenin","Çöp'ün","çöp-yığınları","çöplükten","çöpün"]·urd["کوڑے-سے","کوڑے-کے","کوڑے-کے-ڈھیر","کوڑے-کے-ڈھیر-سے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַשְׁפֹּת n.[m.] ash-heap (?), refuse-heap, dung-hill (prob. orig. fire-place stone, cf. Arabic sub √);—א׳ abs. as beggars’ resting-place 1 S 2:8 = ψ 113:7 (both ‖ עָפָר; cf. Jb 2:8 Wetzstap. De); so pl. אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת La 4:5; שַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת Ne 2:13; 3:14; 12:31 = שׁ׳ הָֽשְׁפוֹת 3:13 (Ges§ 35 d).