similarly occurs as a translation of îָçֲøָàָä (macharaah', literally an easing one's self, 2Ki_10:27 for which in the margin, by euphemism, îåֹöָàָä , motsaah', an outgoing), a privy or sewer. Jehu, in order to show his contempt for the worship of Baal, ordered his temple to be destroyed, and the place converted to a vile use, that of receiving offal or ordure. On this mode of degradation, comp. Ezr_6:11; Dan_2:5.