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title: גֵּל — dung · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּל (1561), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: dung. BDB 1906: dung. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּל

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«גֵּל» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1561 · **BDB:** גֵּל

### Glosses

the.dung(s) (2); his.own (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1561/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dung [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1561/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dung (ball of dung, Arabic جِلَّةٌ etc., dung of camels etc., cf. Aramaic גַּלָּא; on form v. Ew§ 255 b Ol§ 150. 163)—sf. גֶּלֲלוֹ Jb 20:7, pl. cstr. הָאָדָם (צֵאַת) גֶּלֲלֵי Ez 4:12, 15;—human dung used as fuel Ez 4:12, 15 הָאָדָם (צֵאַת) ג׳; perhaps also Jb 20:7, but cf. Di, who thinks no ref. to fuel, \& De who thinks of cattle-dung; (v. on Arabic word Wetzst in De).—See also ii. גָּלָל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1561/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 20:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.7/)

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כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* like his.own dung to perpetuity he.will.perish \[those who\].saw.him they.will.say where.\[is\] he?

*JPS 1917:* Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'

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[Ezekiel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.4.12/)

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וְעֻגַ֥ת שְׂעֹרִ֖ים תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑נָּה וְהִ֗יא בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙ צֵאַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם תְּעֻגֶ֖נָה לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and a.bread.cake of.barley(s) you will.eat.it and it in the.dung(s) of.the.excrement of.(the) humankind you will.bake.it to eyes their

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.'

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