1350. gaal
Lexical Summary
gaal: to redeem, act as kinsman
Original Word: גָּאַל
Transliteration: gaal
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-al')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to redeem, act as kinsman
Meaning: to redeem, act as kinsman
Strong's Concordance
in any wise, at all, avenger, deliver, next kinsfolk, purchase,

A primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. To be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.) -- X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1350. gaal

I. גָּאַלverb redeem, act as kinsman (Late Hebrew, Niph`al be redeemed; also גְּאוּלָּה גּוֺאֵל,‎) —

Qal Perfect ׳ג‎, etc. Isaiah 44:23 14t.; Imperfect יִגְאַל‎, etc. Leviticus 25:33 18t.; Imperative גְּאַל‎, etc. Ruth 4:6 3t.; Infinitive absolute גָּאֹלLeviticus 27:13 2t.; construct לִגְאוֺלRuth 4:4 2t.; suffix לְגָאֳלֵךְ3:13; Participle גֹּאֵלLeviticus 25:26 24t., גּוֺאֵלIsaiah 59:20; Psalm 103:4; suffix גֹּאַלְךָIsaiah 48:17, גֹּאֲלֵךְ54:8 (suffix 19 t.); passive plural גְּאוּלִים‎, etc. 35:9 4t.; —

1 act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin (chiefly in D H P Ruth), גֹּאֵלkinsman Leviticus 25:25 (H) Numbers 5:8; 35:12 (P) Ruth 2:20; 3:9, 12; 4:1, 3, 6, 8, 14; 1 Kings 16:11.

a. in taking a kinsman's widow וגאלתיך לגאלך יחפץ לא ואם יגאל טוב יגאלך אםif he will do thee the kinsman's part (raise up children by the widow) well, let him do the kinsman's part; but if he is not pleased to do thee the kinsman's part then I will do thee the kinsman's part Ruth 3:13;

b. in redeeming from bondage Leviticus 25:48-49, (H);

c. in redeeming a field Leviticus 25:26, 33 (H) Ruth 4:4, 6;

d. claim as kinsman Job 3:5;

e. הַדָּם גֹּאֵלthe avenger of blood Numbers 35:19, 21, 24, 25, 27 (twice in verse); Joshua 20:3, 5 (?; not in ᵐ5‎) 20:9 (P). Deuteronomy 19:6, 12 (D) 2 Samuel 14:11.

2 redeem, by payment of value assessed, of consecrated things, by the original owner Leviticus 27:13, 15, 19, 20, 31 (P).

3 redeem, with God as subject implying personal relationship, chiefly in poetry: —

a. individuals, from death Psalm 103:4; Lamentations 3:58; Hosea 13:14, רע מכלGenesis 48:16 (E poetry), נפשׁPsalm 69:19; 72:14, orphans Proverbs 23:11; Jeremiah 50:34, וגאלני ריבי ריבהPsalm 119:154, גֹּאֲלִיJob 19:25, וְגֹאֲלִי צוּרִי‎ Psalm 19:15.

b. Israel, from Egyptian bondage Exodus 6:6 (P?) 15:13 (song) Psalm 74:2; 77:16; 78:35, אויב מיד106:10.

c. from exile (chiefly Isa3, the verb not in Isa1) Isaiah 43:1; 44:22-23, 48:20; 52:9; 63:9; Micah 4:10, מידPsalm 107:2; Jeremiah 31:11; Yahweh is גֹּאֵלIsaiah 41:14; 43:14; 44:6, 24; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7, 26; 54:5, 8; 59:20; 60:16; 63:16; and the people גְּאוּלִים35:9; 51:10; 62:12; 63:4 (compare גְּאוּלַי‎ below), Psalm 107:2.

Niph`al Perfect נִגְאָ֑לLeviticus 25:49; Imperfect יִגָּאֵל25:30 5t.; תִּגָּאֵ֑לוּIsaiah 52:3; —

1 reflexive redeem oneself Leviticus 25:49 (H).

2 pass. be redeemed,

a. field Leviticus 25:30 (H), slave 25:54 (H);

b. consecrated things Leviticus 27:20, 27, 28, 33 (P);

c. Jerusalem by Yahweh Isaiah 52:3.

גְּאוּלַיIsaiah 63:4, in ג ׳שְׁנַת‎,

noun abstract redemption, according to ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Ges Hi De MV Che Di RVm; then either plural abstract suffix year of (my) redemption (so most); or abstract form. in י֯‎, after Syriac analogy, LagSymm. ii. 101 f. Semitic i. 19, 68. BN 192 (ᵐ5‎ omit my); but < Passive participle plural suffix my ransomed (released) ones Ew Br Brd AV RV compare below גאל‎ above.








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