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ʾašpōt אַשְׁפֹּת ‘refuse’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: plural of a noun of the same form as ʾašpā אַשְׁפָּה ‘quiver’, from šāfā שָׁפָה ‘be bare’, in the sense of scraping
Roots: אשׁפה שׁפה

ʾašpōt n, m
1) ash heap, refuse heap, dung-hill

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 2:8 Psalms 113:7 Lamentations 4:5 Nehemiah 2:13, 3:13, 3:14, 12:31

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