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Hebrew wordlink #59301

OSHB Lev 25:26 גֹּאֵל (goʼēl) Strongs=1350 a Lemma=‘גָּאַל’
contextual word gloss=‘a_kinsman-redeemer’ word gloss=‘redeem’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1491

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Other uses (3) of identical word form גֹּאֵל (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘גֹּאֵל’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) is always and only glossed as ‘a_kinsman-redeemer’.

NUM 5:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_kinsman-redeemer’ word gloss=‘next_of_kin’ OSHB NUM 5:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 And_if there_belongs_not to_person a _kinsman-redeemer to_repay the_compensation to_him/it the_compensation which_is_repaid to/for_YHWH for_priest (from)_besides _of the _ram _of (the)_atonement(s) which he _will _make _atonement in/on/over_him/it on/upon/above_him/it. (NUM_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 However, if reparation to the victim isn’t possible for some reason, then it must be paid to Yahweh via a priest, in addition to the ram that will be offered for that person’s atonement. (NUM 5:8)

RUTH 3:12 contextual word gloss=‘a_kinsman-redeemer’ word gloss=‘redeemer’ OSHB RUTH 3:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 And_now if/because truly if/because wwww am_a _kinsman-redeemer I and_also there_is a _kinsman-redeemer near more_than _I. (RUT_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 It is true that I have a responsibility towards your family, but there’s another man who’s more closely related to you all than me. (RUT 3:12)

RUTH 4:14 contextual word gloss=‘a_kinsman-redeemer’ word gloss=‘redeemer’ OSHB RUTH 4:14 word 11

OET-LV: 14 And_they _said the_women to Nāˊₒmī YHWH be_blessed who not he _has _caused _to _cease to/for_you(fs) a _kinsman-redeemer the_day his/its_name and_may _it _be _proclaimed in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (RUT_4:14)

OET-RV: 14 The women in Beyt-Lehem said to Naomi, “Praise Yahweh for giving you a male descendant to preserve your family today. We pray to Yahweh that people throughout Yisrael will greatly respect him. (RUT 4:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘גָּאַל’’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a_kinsman-redeemer’, ‘of_the_avenger_of’, ‘the_avenger_of’, ‘the_redeemer_of’.