Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

One of the things being sold for food is usually translated as dove's dung,
but is that correct?
XRY YWNYM חרייונים the second part is usually translated as doves. But is
that correct? It can also be translated as clays.

The first part is also mentioned in Genesis 40:16 in relation to baked
goods. Is this the same word?

I have heard (I don't remember where) that in some places, when food is
scarce, that clay is eaten to provide bulk in the stomach to stop  hunger
pangs, could this be a reference to this practice?

Karl W. Randolph.