H2214 H2214
Loathsome thing, object of disgust; something becoming nauseating (Numbers 11:20)
This noun appears in Numbers 11:20, where God warns that the quail He's sending will become 'a loathsome thing' to the complaining Israelites. What they craved becomes disgusting through excess—flesh until it comes out their nostrils. The term captures not inherent impurity but acquired nausea through surfeit. The Greek 'cholera' and Latin 'nausea' grasp the physical revulsion. Some manuscripts read 'zarah,' but the sense remains: excess transforms desire into disgust.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Something loathsome or nauseating in Numbers 11:20, describing quail that complainers craved but will come to despise. The term doesn't indicate ritual impurity but physical revulsion from excess—meat until it exits their nostrils. The Greek 'cholera' and Latin 'nausea' capture the visceral disgust. This judgment transforms desired food into an object of repulsion through overwhelming abundance. 1×
AR["لِ-قَرَفٍ"]·ben["ঘৃণার-জন্য"]·DE["fuer-loathing"]·EN["for-loathing"]·FR["pour-loathing"]·heb["ל-זרא"]·HI["घृणा-के-लिए"]·ID["menjijikkan"]·IT["per-loathing"]·jav["kangge-enek"]·KO["역겨움-으로"]·PT["para-náusea"]·RU["отвращением"]·ES["para-náusea"]·SW["kwa-kuchukiza"]·TR["-için-tiksinme"]·urd["کراہت-کے-لئے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זָרָא n.[f.] loathsome thing, עַד אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מֵאַפְּכֶם וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְזָרָא Nu 11:20 (JE) and it (the flesh) become to you a loathsome thing (𝔊 εἰς χολέραν, 𝔙 in nauseam), prob. err. for זָרָה (Sam.)