Original Language Studio
Leviticus 13:33
“He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גָּלַחgâlach · gaw-lakh'
H1548 · Hebrew
H1548 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- poll, shave (off).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הִ֨תְגַּלָּ֔ח — verb Hithpael, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:14Leviticus 14:8Leviticus 14:9Leviticus 14:9Leviticus 21:5
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 גָּלַח here.
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.