דָּהוֹן, (רָהוֹן, הִרְהוּן) m. (v. דְּהֵין) fattening substance, urin-soaked dung; a concrete of dung used for vessels, cmp. גָּלָל. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵇ bot. אהן ד׳ של מימי וכ׳ a vessel made of dung prepared with urin absorbs no liquids.—Gen. R. s. 39, end (ref. to Bethel, changed into Beth-aven, Josh. VII, 2) [read:] לא זכתה … בית העמל הרי … בית העמד תמן קריין לפועלא טבא עמילא (ולהִרְהוּן) ולדהון … עמידה she did not deserve even to be named Beth Heamal (house of toil, cmp. עמל ואון Ps. XC, 10), now she is named Beth-Heamad (dung-house); there (in Samaria, Galilee &c.) they call the good laborer amela (the industrious, v. עמל), and the dung prepared with urin amidah (concrete, cmp. עָמַד Hif.); Y. Sabb. IX, 11ᵈ; Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵃ bot.; Yalk. Josh. 17 (v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. הרהון).
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דָּהוֹן , ( רָהוֹן , הִרְהוּן ) m. (v. דְּהֵין ) fattening substance, urin-soaked dung; a concrete of dung used for vessels , cmp. גָּלָל . Y. Ab.…
References
- Jastrow, דְּהֵין 1
- Jastrow, גָּלָל 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah 2:4:8
- Bereishit Rabbah 39:1
- Joshua 7:2
- Psalms 90:10
- Jastrow, עָמָל 1
- Jastrow, עָמָד I 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 9:2:3
- Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah 3:6:3
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 17:1
- Jastrow, דָּהוֹן 1