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גָּאַל — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: גָּאַל

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גָּאַל

gāʾal

defile

[גָּאַל] vb. defile, late

Niph. be defiled

Pi. pollute, desecrate

Pu. and they were desecrated out of the priesthood

Hiph. I have polluted, i.e. stained, all my raiment.

Hithp. defile himself

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.