לִ/גְאֹֽל
𐤋/𐤂𐤀𐤋
gâʼal
to 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 4:6 · Word #20
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
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 |
SIBI-P1 Translation H1350-26
to act as kinsman-redeemer
| Morphological Notes | Qal infinitive construct of גאל with prefixed ל indicating purpose or result ("to act as kinsman-redeemer"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal infinitive construct expresses the simple action of the root גאל. "To act as kinsman-redeemer" preserves the kinship-based legal duty inherent in the root, rather than a generalized idea of redemption. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to act as kinsman-redeemer
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | 'to act as kinsman-redeemer' is necessary to retain specific legal nuance as in SILEX and P1. |