This feminine noun denotes something horrible or abominable, an act so morally shocking it provokes revulsion. Jeremiah 18:13 asks rhetorically who has heard such a thing: 'the virgin Israel has done a horrible thing'—abandoned her God for idols. Hosea 6:10 declares 'I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel'—their harlotry and defilement. The Ketiv-Qere variation in Hosea suggests some textual uncertainty about the exact form, but the sense remains clear: something morally repugnant that violates covenant expectations. The term carries stronger moral freight than simple 'bad thing'—it's an outrage, an abomination against divine standards.