H1561 גֵּלֶל (gêlel) gay'-lel

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dung

dung (plural balls of dung)

Derivation: a variation of H1557 (גָּלָל);

KJV Usage: dung.

TWOT Reference: 353d

1) dung, ball of dung

גֵּל (ge.lel) — dung. dung, ball of dung

גֵּל (H1561)

noun m · גָּלָל

Body Products

excrement, dung = waste matter remaining after food has been digested, discharged from the bowels of humans

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

[גֵּל] n.[m.] dung (ball of dung) base

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Job 20:7

he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, Where is he?

Ezekiel 4:12

And you shall eat [the food] as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement... in the sight [of the people].

Ezekiel 4:15

Look, He replied..., I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.