This Hebrew noun denotes a deliberately arranged pile of combustible materials. In Isaiah 30:33, it describes Tophet's fiery pyre 'with fire and much wood,' a metaphor for God's judgment. In Ezekiel 24:9, God commands making the wood pile large under the cooking pot representing Jerusalem's judgment. The word emphasizes intentional arrangement rather than random accumulation. Some translations render it as 'pyre' when the burning is emphasized, 'pile' when the arrangement is in view.