גֵּל (gēl) is a Hebrew noun meaning dung. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1561).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 353b)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גֵּל noun, masculine: dung, ball

Strong's H1561 גֵּלֶל: dung (plural balls of dung)
KJV:dung.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 353: גָּלַל gālal — roll, roll away; roll up, along; garment rolled, in blood; roll oneself over and over; commit, remove, run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow

• גִּלּוּל gillûl — idols
• גִּלְגָּל gilgāl — Gilgal
• גַּל gal — heap
• מְגִלָּה mĕgillâ — roll
• גָּלַל gālal — roll
• גֻּלָּה gullâ — basin
• גֻּלְגֹּלֶת gulgōlet — skull
• גַּלְגַּל galgal — wheel

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