Definition

excrements of doves {or a vegetable}

Etymology

from the plural of H2716 (חֶרֶא) and the plural of H3123 (יוֹנָה); or perhaps rather the plural of a single word חֲרָאיוֹן, probably a kind of vegetable

Where the KJV renders it

• doves' dung

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What the first audience heard

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