זֶבֶל, (cmp. Assyr. zabâlu, KAT², p. 550; cmp. צָבַר) [heaped up,] esp. foliage piled up for forming manure, manure, deposits. Sabb. IV, 1 you must not keep dishes warm for the Sabbath בז׳ וכ׳ in foliage … whether dry or moist. Ab. Zar. III, 8 (48ᵇ) והוָֹה להן לז׳ and serves for them as manure. Yoma V, 6 נמכרין … לז׳ is sold to the gardeners for forming manure. Tosef. B. Mets. XI, 8 זִיבְלוֹ his heaped-up foliage. B. Mets. V, 7 (72ᵇ) עד שיהיה לו ז׳ באשפתו Ms. M. (ed. אלא א"כ היתה וכ׳) unless he has manure piled up; a. fr.—Pl. זְבָלִים. Shebi. III, 1 מאימתי מוציאין ז׳ וכ׳ when may deposits of foliage be carried out for piling up in the fields.—Gen. R. s. 31 לז׳ (Snh. 108ᵇ sing.) for deposits of excrements &c.—Tosef. B. Mets. l. c. שעת הז׳ the season for carrying out foliage; a. fr.—בית הז׳ a field dependent on manuring. Men. VIII, 3 (85ᵃ).