Lexical Summary gaal: to redeem, act as kinsman Original Word: גָּאַלTransliteration: 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. גָּאַל verb 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 גָּאֹל Leviticus 27:13 2t.; construct לִגְאוֺל Ruth 4:4 2t.; suffix לְגָאֳלֵךְ 3:13; Participle גֹּאֵל Leviticus 25:26 24t., גּוֺאֵל Isaiah 59:20; Psalm 103:4; suffix גֹּאַלְךָ Isaiah 48:17, גֹּאֲלֵךְ 54:8 (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), גֹּאֵל kinsman 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 אם if 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 גֹּאֵל the 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 מכל Genesis 48:16 (E poetry), נפשׁ Psalm 69:19; 72:14, orphans Proverbs 23:11; Jeremiah 50:34, וגאלני ריבי ריבה Psalm 119:154, גֹּאֲלִי Job 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 מיד 106:10. 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, מיד Psalm 107:2; Jeremiah 31:11; Yahweh is גֹּאֵל Isaiah 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 גְּאוּלִים 35:9; 51:10; 62:12; 63:4 (compare גְּאוּלַי below), Psalm 107:2. Niph`al Perfect נִגְאָ֑ל Leviticus 25:49; Imperfect יִגָּאֵל 25:30 5t.; תִּגָּאֵ֑לוּ Isaiah 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. גְּאוּלַי Isaiah 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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