Word Study · Strong's H1561 · Hebrew
גֵּלֶל
gelel
gay'-lel
Strong's 1890 spelling: gêlel
“dung (plural balls of dung)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
dung (plural balls of dung)
Rendered in the KJV as
dung.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙1
- גֶּלְלֵ֣י1
- כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹ1
How it is rendered · 3
- [the] dungs of1
- in [the] dungs of1
- like own dung his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 4:12בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙begeleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)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.”here: in [the] dungs of
- Ezekiel 4:15גֶּלְלֵ֣יgeleinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”here: [the] dungs of