This term denotes cow manure, appearing in the context of Ezekiel's prophetic sign-act where God permits him to use cattle dung instead of human excrement as fuel for baking bread. The construct form 'dung of cattle' specifies the animal source. Ancient Near Eastern peoples regularly used dried dung as cooking fuel in wood-scarce regions, making cattle dung ceremonially preferable to human waste. The Qere (oral reading tradition) preserves this spelling against a variant in the Ketiv (written text), showing scribal concern for proper vocalization of this earthy term.