דָּהוֹן, (v. דְּהֵין) fattening substance, urin-soaked dung; a concrete of dung used for vessels, cmp. גָּלָל. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵇ bot. אהן ד׳ של מימי וכ׳ a vessel made of dung prepared with urin absorbs no liquids.—Gen. R. s. 39, end (ref. to Bethel, changed into Beth-aven, Josh. VII, 2) [read:] לא זכתה … בית העמל הרי … בית העמד תמן קריין לפועלא טבא עמילא (ולהִרְהוּן) ולדהון … עמידה she did not deserve even to be named Beth Heamal (house of toil, cmp. עמל ואון Ps. XC, 10), now she is named Beth-Heamad (dung-house); there (in Samaria, Galilee &c.) they call the good laborer amela (the industrious, v. עמל), and the dung prepared with urin amidah (concrete, cmp. עָמַד Hif.); Y. Sabb. IX, 11ᵈ; Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43ᵃ bot.; Yalk. Josh. 17 (v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. הרהון).