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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - גָּאַל

גָּאַל

H1351

Transliteration: gâʼal

Pronunciation: gaw-al'

Definition: defile


Original: גּאל

Transliteration: gâ'al

Phonetic: gaw-al'

BDB Definition:

  1. to defile, pollute, desecrate
    1. (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted
    2. (Piel) to pollute, desecrate
    3. (Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood)
    4. (Hiphil) to pollute, stain
    5. (Hithpael) to defile oneself

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 301

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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