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title: פֶּרֶשׁ — fæcal matter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּרֶשׁ (6569), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: fæcal matter. BDB 1906: offal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּרֶשׁ

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«פֶּרֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fæcal matter** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 6569 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫רֶש

### Glosses

dung (6); the.dung (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fæcal matter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6569/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

offal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6569/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 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).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּרֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6569/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.4.11/)

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וְאֶת־ע֤וֹר הַפָּר֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֔וֹ עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְעַל־כְּרָעָ֑יו וְקִרְבּ֖וֹ וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.hide of the.bull and (et) all flesh its with head its and with legs its and entrails its and dung its

*JPS 1917:* But the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,

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[Numbers 19:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.5/)

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וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֶת־הַפָּרָ֖ה לְעֵינָ֑יו אֶת־עֹרָ֤הּ וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָהּ֙ וְאֶת־דָּמָ֔הּ עַל־פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ יִשְׂרֹֽף׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.burn (et) the heifer to eyes his (et) skin its and (et) flesh its and (et) blood its with dung its he.will.burn

*JPS 1917:* And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be burnt.

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