† [חֶרֶא, or חֲרִי] n.[m. H2716
their excrement (crude term in the context of siege conditions)
This word appears in Isaiah 36:12 during the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, where the Rabshakeh graphically describes the deprivation awaiting the city's defenders. The term refers to human excrement in a context of extreme siege conditions where normal food and water would be unavailable. The Spanish translation preserves the crude directness with 'su-excremento,' while French and German translators struggled to render this vulgar siege rhetoric. The parallel passage in 2 Kings 18:27 uses slightly different vocalization but conveys the same shocking imagery.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The Rabshakeh's speech employs deliberately offensive language to demoralize Jerusalem's defenders, painting a vivid picture of the horrors of prolonged siege. The possessive suffix 'their' intensifies the degradation. This rare lexical item occurs in prophetic literature only in this siege narrative and its parallel, reflecting the extreme circumstances that would drive people to consume their own bodily waste. 1×
AR["[كتيب]"]·ben["তাদের-মল"]·DE["[[חראיהם]]"]·EN["with-you"]·FR["[[חראיהם]]"]·heb["[חראיהם]"]·HI["[उनकी-विष्ठा]"]·ID["[kethib]"]·IT["[[חראיהם]]"]·jav["uyuh-piyambakipun-sadaya"]·PT["[excremento-deles]"]·RU["[кетив]"]·ES["[su-excremento]"]·SW["[mavi-yao]"]·TR["[diskilarini]"]·urd["اُن-کا-گوبر"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† [חֶרֶא, or חֲרִי] n.[m.