לְ/גָֽאֳלֵ֛/ךְ
𐤋/𐤂𐤀𐤋/𐤊
gâʼal
to redeem you
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 #12
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 HR/Vqc/Sp2fs
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...") |
Common Translation
| Phrase | to redeem you |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1350-23
to act as your kinsman-redeemer
| Morphological Notes | Qal infinitive construct with prefixed ל; 2nd feminine singular pronominal suffix as direct object. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal infinitive construct with prefixed ל expresses purpose or result, "to act," while the 2nd feminine singular suffix is preserved in "your." The rendering highlights the root’s kinship-based duty of redemption rather than a generalized idea of salvation. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to act as your kinsman-redeemer
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 accurately renders the infinitive with pronominal suffix in context. |