גָּבַל (b. h. r.; v. גבב) [to give a rounded shape,] to to knead, stamp. Sabb. XXIV, 3 you may put water into the bran (on the Sabbath) אבל לא גוֹבְלִין but must not mix it to a mass. Tosef. Maasr. III, 13 גובל עיסתו he kneads his dough. Lev. R. s. 29 בד׳ גְּבָלוֹ (Pesik. Baḥod. p. 150ᵇ גִּיבְּלוֹ) on the fourth day He formed the dust into a mass.
Pi. - גִּיבֵּל same. Y. Ter. V, 43ᶜ bot. הפריש ואח׳'כ גי׳ he set apart (the T’rumah) and then made the dough. Ib. מיגבול חמש (read מְגַבֵּל). Taan. 10ᵃ שמְגַ׳ את הגבינה that forms a cheese. Ib. 19ᵇ שמג׳ את הטיט that stamps clay; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְגוּבָּל. Ib. מ׳ יפה a thoroughly kneaded mass.
Hithpa. - הִתְגַּבֵּל to be kneaded. Ib. אינו מִתְגַּבֵּל יפה is not thoroughly kneaded.