Dung פֶּ֫רֶש

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Jun 12, 2026 · 2m

We are in chapter eight of Leviticus with our word for today. פֶּ֫רֶש contents of the gut, feces, offal, dung. It is used 7 times in the Old Testament. I’ll start with a form of our word פַּרְשְׁדֹ֑נָה [our word is in the root] that helps use understand our word better. Judges 3:21-22 And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and הַֽפַּרְשְׁדֹֽנָה the dung came out. All of the uses of our word make reference…