הַגָּלָ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַגָּלָ֖ל

   ha-ga-LAL

   the dung
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל

   ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL

   burns the dung
3. clause🔊 וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית־יָרָבְעָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל עַד־תֻּמּֽוֹ׃

   u-vi-AR-TI a-kha-RE vet-ya-rav-AM ka-a-SHER ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL ad-tu-MO

   and I will burn away after the house of Jeroboam as burns the dung until its end
4. sentence🔊 לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא רָעָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֔ם וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י לְיָֽרָבְעָם֙ מַשְׁתִּ֣ין בְּקִ֔יר עָצ֥וּר וְעָז֖וּב בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בֵית־יָרָבְעָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל עַד־תֻּמּֽוֹ׃

   la-KHEN hin-ne-NI me-VI ra-A el-BET ya-rav-AM ve-hikh-RAT-TI le-ya-rav-AM mash-te-IN be-KIR a-TSUR ve-a-ZUV be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-AR-TI a-kha-RE vet-ya-rav-AM ka-a-SHER ye-va-ER ha-ga-LAL ad-tu-MO

   therefore behold, I am bringing evil or harm to the house of Jeroboam and I will cut off from Jeroboam one who urinates against a wall restrained and left behind or abandoned in Israel and I will burn away after the house of Jeroboam as burns the dung until its end

Exegesis

The Piel perfect u-vi’ariti {וּבִֽעַרְתִּי֙ | û-wi-ʿar-tî} “I will burn up” and the comparative clause ka-asher yeva’er ha-galal {כַּאֲשֶׁר יְבַעֵ֥ר הַגָּלָ֖ל | ka-ʾašer yə-ḇaʿ-êr ha-ggā-lāl} “as one burns dung” create a vivid consuming judgment metaphor. The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs and the placement of the simile underscore the inexorable and purifying nature of divine judgment.

Root and etymology

ג־ל־ל🔊 gimel–lamed–lamed

“dung, refuse”

• 🔊 גִּלּוּלִיםgilulimdetestable thingsEzekiel 6:4