Lexicon gaal: to defile Original Word: גָּאַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gaal Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-al') Short Definition: defiled NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto defile NASB Translationdefile (2), defiled (6), stained (1), unclean (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. [ גָּאַל] verb defile, late (compare גָּעַל) — Niph`al Perfect3masculine plural נְגֹאֲלוּ Isaiah 59:3; Lamentations 4:14, on form see Ges§ 51, 2, Köi. 265; Participle נִגְאָלָה Zephaniah 3:1; — be defiled, hands with blood בַּדָּם, Isaiah 59:3 compare Lamentations 4:14; participle as substantive defiled, polluted one Zephaniah 3:1 of Jerusalem ("" מֹרְאָה; appositive הָעִיר הַיּוֺנָה). Pi`el Perfect1plural suffix גֵּאַלְנוּךָ Malachi 1:7 pollute, desecrate, object ׳י (desecrated in his altar). Pu`al Imperfect וַיְגֹאֲלוּ מִןהַֿכְּהֻנָּה Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64 construct pregnant and they were desecrated out of the priesthood, i.e. deposed, as desecrated one; Participle מְגֹאָל of bread laid on Yahweh's altar Malachi 1:7; of Yahweh's altar (table, שֻׁלְחָן) Malachi 1:12. Hiph`il Perfect1singular אֶגְאָ֑לְתִּי Isaiah 63:3 (on Aramaic form see Köi. 27 Ges§ 53 R. 6 but) read perhaps גֵּאָ֑לְתִּי Pi`el, see GFMThLZ 1887, 292 compare also Gesl.c. N. Ol§ 255 b Sta§ 159 b, 3; — I have polluted, i.e. stained all my raiment. Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְגָּאַל Daniel 1:8; יִתְגָּאָ֑ל Daniel 1:8; — defile himself.
Strong's defile, pollute, stain A primitive root, (rather identified with ga'al, through the idea of freeing, i.e. Repudiating); to soil or (figuratively) desecrate -- defile, pollute, stain. see HEBREW ga'al |
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