יִגְאָ֔ל
𐤉𐤂𐤀𐤋
gâʼal
let him redeem
To act as a redeemer by fulfilling legal or familial duties of closest kin, primarily involving the restoration of a relative's rights, property, or blood, including: buying back a relative's lost inheritance, marrying a deceased kinsman's widow to provide offspring (levirate marriage), or acting as avenger in cases of unlawful death. The term carries the broader sense of delivering or restoring from threat or loss, always in the context of family or kin obligations, and in extended metaphorical usages, can refer to rescue or salvation.
Ruth 3:13 · Word #8
Lexicon H1350
| Lemma | גָּאַל |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤂𐤀𐤋 |
| Transliteration | gâʼal |
| Strong's | H1350 |
| Definition | To act as a redeemer by fulfilling legal or familial duties of closest kin, primarily involving the restoration of a relative's rights, property, or blood, including: buying back a relative's lost inheritance, marrying a deceased kinsman's widow to provide offspring (levirate marriage), or acting as avenger in cases of unlawful death. The term carries the broader sense of delivering or restoring from threat or loss, always in the context of family or kin obligations, and in extended metaphorical usages, can refer to rescue or salvation. |
Morphology HVqi3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | i — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | let him redeem |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1350-43
he will act as kinsman-redeemer
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal imperfect 3ms form expresses a simple, active future/incomplete action performed by a masculine singular subject. "Act as kinsman-redeemer" preserves the root’s kinship-based legal sense rather than generalizing to abstract redemption. |
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