Strong's Lexicon

H1548

H1548 — גָּלַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewgalachverbOccurrences: 23TWOT: 350c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1548
Word:גָּלַח
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:23
Transliteration:galach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gaw-lakh'
Meaning:1. (properly) to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave 2. figuratively to lay waste
KJV Renderings:poll, shave (off).

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[גָּלַח] verb be bald (Arabic [untranscribed source text 908]);

Pi`el shave, shave off (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic) — Perfect וְגִלַּח consecutive Lev 14:8 + 2 t.; suffix וְגִלְּחוֺ consecutive 2Sam 14:26 3 feminine singular וְגִלְּחָה consecutive Deut 21:12 Imperfect יְגַלַּח Lev 14:9; Isa 7:20, יְגַלֵּחַ֑ Lev 13:33 + 2 t., וַיְגַלַּח Gen 41:14; 2Sam 10:4 suffix (3 masculine singular) יְגַלְּחֶגּוּ, וַיְגַלְּחֵם 1Chr 19:4 3 feminine singular וַתְּנַלַּךְ Judg 16:19 3 masculine plural יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ Lev 21:5; Ezek 44:20 Infinitive suffix of subject גַּלְּחוֺ 2Sam 14:26
1. shave, object the head, ראֹשׁ Num 6:9 (twice in verse); Num 6:18 ( P ) Deut 21:12 (hair as containing impurity, compare RSSem i. 407), 2Sam 14:26 (twice in verse) compare; 2Sam 14:26; Ezek 44:20 ; Lev 13:33 ( P ), object הַנֶתֶק; object persons 1Chr 19:4.
2. shave off, the hair שֵׂעָר Lev 14:8; Lev 14:9 (twice in verse) ( P ) compare Judg 16:19 the beard זָקָן Lev 21:5 ( H ) 2Sam 10:4.
3. figurative of devastation by Assyrians Isa 7:20 (object הָראֹשׁ, שַׂעַר הָרַגְלָ֑יִם and הַזָּקָן).
4. intransitive he shaved (himself) Gen 41:14 ( E ).
Pu`al Perfect גֻּלָּ֑ח Judg 16:22 , גֻּלַּחְתִּי Judg 16:17 Participle construct מְגֻלְּחֵי Jer 41:5 — be shaven, subject person (of Samson) Judg 16:17; Judg 16:22 מְגֻלְּחֵי זָקָן Jer 41:5.
Hithpa`el Perfect וְהִתְגַּלָּ֑ח consecutive Lev 13:33 Infinitive suffix הִתְגַּלְּחוֺ Num 6:19 — shave oneself Lev 13:33 with accusative אֶתנִֿזְרוֺ Num 6:19 (both P ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גלח (gah-lagh’)

Leviticus 14:8

KJV: And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
EHCC: and shave of, all his hair,

Deuteronomy 21:12

KJV: Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;pare: or, suffer to grow: Heb. make, or, dress
EHCC: and ahe shall shave her head,

Genesis 41:14

KJV: Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.brought…: Heb. made him run
EHCC: and he shaved (himself),

Leviticus 18:33

EHCC: the scall shail he not shave;

Numbers 6:9

KJV: And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
EHCC: 0n the seventh day shall he shave it.

Judges 16:19

KJV: And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
EHCC: and she caused him to shave off

Isaiah 7:20

KJV: In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
EHCC: shave with a razor that is hired,

Ezekiel 44:20

KJV: Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
EHCC: Neither shall they shave

Judges 16:17

KJV: That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
EHCC: if Ibe shaven, then my strength

Jeremiah 41:5

KJV: That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.
EHCC: having their beards shaven,

Leviticus 13:33

KJV: 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:
EHCC: He shall be shaven, but the scall

Numbers 6:19

KJV: And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
EHCC: after (the hair of) his separation is shaven:
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