pigul · repulsive thing

What it means

pigul (פִּגּוּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “repulsive thing”.

Something repulsive: sacrificial meat that may no longer be eaten because its time limit has passed.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Sacrificial meat no longer fit to eat, revolting.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• repulsive ×2
• repulsive thing ×2

Where it appears

• Leviticus×2
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Leviticus 7:18

  And if any of the flesh of his sacrifice of peace is ever eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted; for the one who presents it, it shall not be credited to him; it shall be a repulsive thing, and the person who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

• Leviticus 19:7

  And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted.

• Isaiah 65:4

  who sit in the tombs and spend the night in hidden places; who eat the flesh of pigs, and broth of repulsive things is in their vessels;

• Ezekiel 4:14

  And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Look, my soul has not been defiled; a carcass or what was torn by beasts I have not eaten from my youth until now, and no repulsive meat has come into my mouth.”