ga.lal denotes refuse burned away in the judgment announced against Jeroboam’s house.

The lone attestation places the noun in the image of a house being burned away as refuse is burned until it is finished.

1. Refuse in an image of total burning · dominant

   In 1 Kings 14:10, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison describing the burning of Jeroboam’s house; the APB renders the clause “as one burns dung until it is finished.”

   1 Kings 14:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Kings 14:10, the APB presents the comparison with “dung” being burned until finished.