גָּאַל

H1350. gaal
I. גָּאַל verb redeem, act as kinsman (Late Hebrew, Niph`al be redeemed; also גְּאוּלָּה גּוֺאֵל,) —
Qal Perfect ׳ג, etc. Isa 44:23 Isa 44:14t.; Imperfect יִגְאַל, etc. Lev 25:33 Lev 25:18t.; Imperative גְּאַל, etc. Rth 4:6 Rth 4:3t.; Infinitive absolute גָּאֹל Lev 27:13 Lev 27:2t.; construct לִגְאוֺל Rth 4:4 Rth 4:2t.; suffix לְגָאֳלֵךְ Rth 3:13; Participle גֹּאֵל Lev 25:26 Lev 25:24t., גּוֺאֵל Isa 59:20; Psa 103:4; suffix גֹּאַלְךָ Isa 48:17, גֹּאֲלֵךְ Isa 54:8 (suffix 19 t.); passive plural גְּאוּלִים, etc. Isa 35:9 Isa 35:4t.; —
1 act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin (chiefly in D H P Ruth), גֹּאֵל kinsman Lev 25:25 (H) Num 5:8; Num 35:12 (P) Rth 2:20; Rth 3:9, Rth 3:12; Rth 4:1, Rth 4:3, Rth 4:6, Rth 4:8, Rth 4:14; 1Ki 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 Rth 3:13;
b. in redeeming from bondage Lev 25:48-49, (H);
c. in redeeming a field Lev 25:26, Lev 25:33 (H) Rth 4:4, Rth 4:6;
d. claim as kinsman Job 3:5;
e. הַדָּם גֹּאֵל the avenger of blood Num 35:19, Num 35:21, Num 35:24, Num 35:25, Num 35:27 (twice in verse); Jos 20:3, Jos 20:5 (?; not in ᵐ5) Jos 20:9 (P). Deu 19:6, Deu 19:12 (D) 2Sa 14:11.
2 redeem, by payment of value assessed, of consecrated things, by the original owner Lev 27:13, Lev 27:15, Lev 27:19, Lev 27:20, Lev 27:31 (P).
3 redeem, with God as subject implying personal relationship, chiefly in poetry: —
a. individuals, from death Psa 103:4; Lam 3:58; Hos 13:14, רע מכל Gen 48:16 (E poetry), נפשׁ Psa 69:19; Psa 72:14, orphans Pro 23:11; Jer 50:34, וגאלני ריבי ריבה Psa 119:154, גֹּאֲלִי Job 19:25, וְגֹאֲלִי צוּרִי Psalm 19:15.
b. Israel, from Egyptian bondage Exo 6:6 (P?) Exo 15:13 (song) Psa 74:2; Psa 77:16; Psa 78:35, אויב מיד Psa 106:10.
c. from exile (chiefly Isa3, the verb not in Isa1) Isa 43:1; Isa 44:22-23, Isa 48:20; Isa 52:9; Isa 63:9; Mic 4:10, מיד Psa 107:2; Jer 31:11; Yahweh is גֹּאֵל Isa 41:14; Isa 43:14; Isa 44:6, Isa 44:24; Isa 47:4; Isa 48:17; Isa 49:7, Isa 49:26; Isa 54:5, Isa 54:8; Isa 59:20; Isa 60:16; Isa 63:16; and the people גְּאוּלִים Isa 35:9; Isa 51:10; Isa 62:12; Isa 63:4 (compare גְּאוּלַי below), Psa 107:2.
Niph`al Perfect נִגְאָ֑ל Lev 25:49; Imperfect יִגָּאֵל Lev 25:30 Lev 25:5t.; תִּגָּאֵ֑לוּ Isa 52:3; —
1 reflexive redeem oneself Lev 25:49 (H).
2 pass. be redeemed,
a. field Lev 25:30 (H), slave Lev 25:54 (H);
b. consecrated things Lev 27:20, Lev 27:27, Lev 27:28, Lev 27:33 (P);
c. Jerusalem by Yahweh Isa 52:3.
גְּאוּלַי Isa 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.