Hebrew semantic word

גאל

8 lexical sense(s); 11 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to redeem oneself, to reclaim oneself

= action by which humans who have been enslaved regain their freedom, which is normally achieved by paying a price

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-01
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: to redeem, to reclaim

= causative action by which humans cause a person, animal, or inanimate object that has become someone else's property to be restored to its original state, which is normally achieved by paying a price

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-02
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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34 (34 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 3: kinship-redeemer, to fulfil one's duty as kinsman, avenger

= a person with the duty to help close relatives regain possession of objects that used to be theirs but that have become someone else's property, which may include their own personal freedom; this person also has the responsibility to avenge the death of a relative, which can also be seen as an act of redemption

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-03
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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26 (26 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 4: to redeem, to deliver

= causative action by which humans or deity deliver an individual or group of people from the power of someone else or from difficult circumstances, ► which usually implies that the one who performed the act of deliverance has the right to claim the ones he delivered for himself

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-04
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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43 (43 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 5: to defile oneself

= action by which humans cause themselves to be physically contaminated ◄ by getting in direct contact with unclean objects, such as unclean food and blood

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-05
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 6: to stain, to pollute

= causative action by which humans cause an object to be physically contaminated ◄ by causing it to get in direct contact with dirt or other unclean objects

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-06
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 7: to defile oneself

= action by which humans cause themselves to be morally contaminated ◄ by their evil deeds

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-07
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 8: to disqualify, to exclude, to reject

literally: to treat as unclean; hence: = action by which someone is declared unfit for a certain position or task

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-001242-08
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Related words and biblical concepts

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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-HEB-LEMMA-001242
Page model version
1.0
Direction
rtl
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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