A disputed term appearing only in the dramatic famine account of 2 Kings 6:25, where basic commodities reached astronomical prices. The Hebrew is uncertain—the consonantal text suggests 'dove's dung,' though this may be a euphemism for an edible plant (perhaps a type of bulb or seed) or literally dried bird droppings used as fuel or salt substitute. The uncertainty is reflected in how translations handle it: some preserve the literal reading, while Arabic renders it descriptively.