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Jeremiah 50:34

“Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גָּאַלgâʼal · gaw-al'
H1350 · Hebrew
Definition
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Derivation
a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e.
KJV renderings
[idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
Grammar
  • גֹּאֲלָ֣ — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, construct
  • ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HVqrmsc/Sp3mp
Usage
Occurs 105 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 48:16Exodus 6:6Exodus 15:13Leviticus 25:25Leviticus 25:25

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גָּאַל here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.