חרא

Compare Arabic خَرَاء‎ (ḵarāʾ), of same meaning

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈʁa/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχa.ʁa/
• Homophone: חָרָה‎ (khará)

חָרָא • (khará) m

1. (vulgar) crap, shit
   • 2 Kings 18:27, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם רַבשָׁקֵה הַעַל אֲדֹנֶיךָ וְאֵלֶיךָ שְׁלָחַנִי אֲדֹנִי לְדַבֵּר אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה הֲלֹא עַל הָאֲנָשִׁים הַיֹּשְׁבִים עַל הַחֹמָה לֶאֱכֹל אֶת חריהם וְלִשְׁתּוֹת אֶת שיניהם עִמָּכֶם‎

     vayómer aléihem ravshaqé ha'ál adonéicha vealéicha shlaḥáni adoní ledabér et hadvarím haéle haló 'al haanashím hayoshvím 'al haḥomá leechól et ḥareiyhém velishtót et sheineihém 'imachém

     But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

2. (vulgar) undesired person, piece of shit

• אָכַל חָרָא‎ ('akhál khára)

• אחר‎