H6569 H6569
dung, offal, intestinal contents; the waste material of sacrificial animals to be burned outside the camp
A masculine noun פֶּרֶשׁ referring to the intestinal contents and dung of a sacrificial animal — the waste that must be carried outside the camp and burned. It appears exclusively in ritual legislation across the Pentateuch: the ordination offering (Exod 29:14), the sin offering (Lev 4:11; 8:17; 16:27), and the red heifer ceremony (Num 19:5). In Malachi's striking prophetic rebuke, God threatens to spread the festival dung on the faces of negligent priests (Mal 2:3). Spanish estiércol and French excréments capture the visceral, unclean nature of this substance.
Senses
1. dung, excrement, offal — Dung, intestinal contents, or offal — the waste material extracted from a sacrificial animal during preparation. In Priestly legislation, the peresh must be carried 'outside the camp' and burned along with the hide and flesh of sin offerings (Exod 29:14; Lev 4:11; 8:17; 16:27) and the red heifer (Num 19:5). This disposal outside the camp underscores the impurity associated with this material. Malachi transforms the cultic term into a shocking prophetic image: God will 'spread dung on your faces, the dung of your festivals' (Mal 2:3), rebuking priests who dishonor the covenant. Spanish estiércol and French excréments consistently render the basic sense, while German Mist captures the agricultural overtones. 7×
AR["فَرثَهُ", "فَرْثًا", "فَرْثَ", "فَرْثَهُ", "فَرْثُهُمَا", "فَرْثِهَا", "وَ-فَرْثِهِ"]·ben["এবং-তার-গোবর", "গোবর", "তাদের-গোবর", "তার-গোবর"]·DE["Mist", "dung-ihr", "ihr-dung", "sein-dung", "und-sein-dung"]·EN["and-its-dung", "dung", "dung-of", "dung-their", "her-dung", "its-dung"]·FR["dung-leur", "et-son-dung", "excréments", "sa-dung", "son-dung"]·heb["ו-פרשו", "פרש", "פרשו"]·HI["उनकी गोबर", "उसका-गोबर", "उसकी-गोबर", "उसकी-मल-को", "और-गोबर-उसका", "गोबर"]·ID["dan-kotorannya", "kotoran", "kotoran-mereka.", "kotorannya"]·IT["dung-loro", "e-suo-dung", "lei-dung", "sterco", "suo-dung"]·jav["kakotorènipun", "kotoran", "lan-kotoran", "tinjinipun", "tlethong", "tlethongipun"]·KO["그-똑과", "그-똑을", "그것-의-또-를", "그것들-의-똑", "그리고-그것-의-배설물", "똥", "똥을"]·PT["e-seu-esterco", "excremento", "excremento-de", "excremento-dele", "seu-esterco", "seu-excremento"]·RU["и-нечистоты-его", "нечистотами-её", "нечистоту-его", "нечистоты-его", "нечистоты-их", "помёт"]·ES["estiércol", "estiércol-de", "estiércol-de-ella", "excremento-suyo", "su-estiércol", "su-excremento", "y-excremento-suyo"]·SW["kinyesi", "kinyesi-cha", "mavi-yake", "mavi-yao", "na-mavi-yake"]·TR["gübre", "gübrelerini", "gübresini", "gübresiyle", "ve-gübresini"]·urd["ان-کا-فضلہ", "اور-اُس-کی-گوبر", "اُس-کی-گوبر", "اُس-کے-گوبر", "گوبر", "گوبر-کے-اس"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. פֶּ֫רֶש n.[m.] offal as ripped out in preparing victim;—פ׳ abs. Mal 2:3; cstr. v 3; sf. פִּרְשׁוֹ Ex 29:14; Lv 4:11; 8:17; פִּרְשָׁהּ Nu 19:5; פִּרְשָׁם Lv 16:27 (all P).