וְ/נִגְאָֽל
𐤅/𐤍𐤂𐤀𐤋
gâʼal
he shall be redeemed
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.
Leviticus 25:49 · Word #15
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 HC/VNq3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | N — Niphal — Simple passive or reflexive |
| Conjugation | q — Sequential Perfect — Perfect with waw-consecutive, continuing a narrative |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | he shall be redeemed |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1350-41
and he shall be redeemed
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Niphal (passive/reflexive), sequential perfect (vav-consecutive), 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Niphal stem gives a passive sense, indicating that the subject (3rd person masculine singular) receives the action of kin-based redemption. The rendering preserves the root idea of legal-familial restoration rather than abstract salvation. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and he shall be redeemed
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 'and he shall be redeemed' aligns with the narrative continuation and passive construction of the Hebrew; no changes are needed. |