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title: גָּלָל — dung · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלָל (1557), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: dung. BDB 1906: dung. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלָל

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«גָּלָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dung** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1557 · **BDB:** גָּלָל

### Glosses

dung (1); dung(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1557/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1557/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dung (Arabic جَلَّةٌ ), הַגּ׳ 1 K 14:10; גְּלָלִים Zp. 1:17.—See also \[גֵּל\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1557/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.17/)

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וַהֲצֵרֹ֣תִי לָאָדָ֗ם וְהָֽלְכוּ֙ כַּֽעִוְרִ֔ים כִּ֥י לַֽיהוָ֖ה חָטָ֑אוּ וְשֻׁפַּ֤ךְ דָּמָם֙ כֶּֽעָפָ֔ר וּלְחֻמָ֖ם כַּגְּלָלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.cause.distress to (the) humankind and they.will.walk like.(the) blind \[people\] (dm) to Yahweh they.have.sinned and it.will.be.poured.out blood their like (the) dust and bowel\[s\] their like (the) dung(s)

*JPS 1917:* And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD; and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.

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[1 Kings 14:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.14.10/)

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לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא רָעָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֔ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י לְיָֽרָבְעָם֙ מַשְׁתִּ֣ין בְּקִ֔יר עָצ֥וּר וְעָז֖וּב בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית־יָרָבְעָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל עַד־תֻּמּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* therefore here I \[am\].about.to.bring calamity to the.house of.Jeroboam and I.will.cut.off to Jeroboam \[one.who\].urinates on a.wall shut.up and freed in Israel and I.will.sweep.away behind the.house of.Jeroboam just as someone.sweeps.away (the) dung until it is.complete

*JPS 1917:* therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.

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