הַ/גֹּאֵ֗ל
𐤄/𐤂𐤀𐤋
gâʼal
the redeemer
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 4:6 · Word #2
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 HTd/Vqrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | the redeemer |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1350-21
the kinsman-redeemer
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine singular absolute, with definite article ("the"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine singular denotes "the one who redeems" in the specific kinship-legal sense of גאל. Rendering it as "the kinsman-redeemer" preserves both the participial force and the familial duty inherent in the root. |
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