Strong's Lexicon

H1561

H1561 — גֵּלֶל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgelelnoun mascOccurrences: 4TWOT: 353d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1561
Word:גֵּלֶל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:a variation of H1557
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:gelel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gay'-lel
Meaning:1. dung (plural balls of dung)
KJV Renderings:dung.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1650

[גֵּל] noun [masculine] dung (ball of dung, Arabic [untranscribed source text 916] etc., dung of camels etc., compare Aramaic גַּלָּא; on form see Ew§ 255 b Ol§ 150. 163) — suffix גֶּלֲלוֺ Job 20:7, plural construct הָאָדָם (צֵאַת) גֶּלֲלֵי Ezek 4:12; Ezek 4:15 — human dung used as fuel Ezek 4:12; Ezek 4:15 (צֵאַת) הָאָדָם ׳ ג; perhaps also Job 20:7, but compare Di, who thinks no reference to fuel, & De who thinks of cattle-dung; (see on Arabic word Wetzst in De). — See also II. גָּלָל.


גֹּל, גֻּלָּהּ see גֻּלָּה . below


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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