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title: גָּעַל — abhor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּעַל (1602), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: abhor. BDB 1906: vb. abhor, loathe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּעַל

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«גָּעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **abhor** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 1602 · **BDB:** גָּעַל

### Glosses

it.will.abhor (3); I (1); \[who\].abhorred (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

abhor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1602/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. abhor, loathe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1602/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. abhor, loathe (NH געל Nithpa. be fouled, Hiph. rinse out with hot water; גְּעִילָה rejection; Aramaic געל Ithpe. be fouled, soiled)— Pf. 3 fs. גָּֽעֲלָה Lv 26:43 Je 14:19, וְגָֽעֲלָה cons. Lv 26:30; גְּעַלְתִּים Lv 26:44; גָּֽעֲלוּ Ez 16:45; Impf. 3 fs. תִּגְעַל Lv 26:11, 15; Pt. f. גֹּעֶ֫לֶת Ez 16:45;—abhor, loathe, (usually c. acc.), Yahweh, his people Lv 26:11, 30, 44 (H) Je 14:19 (c. בְּ); the people, Yahweh’s statutes, Lv 26:15, 43 (H); Ez 16:45(×2) women their husbands (fig., in proph. ag. Jerusalem). נִגְעַל מָגֵן גִּבּוֹרִים 2 S 1:21 the shield of heroes was defiled RVm VB Kirkp. but is rejected, cast away (with loathing) Dr, cf. Klo; 𝔊 προσωχθίσθη. Impf. שׁוֹרוֹ עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִ֑ל Jb 21:10; and doth not cause, or allow, (the cow) to reject as loathesome Ra De, cf. Di1; Di2, however, of bull, cast away (semen), or shew aversion.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1602/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 21:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.10/)

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שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃

*Word for word:* bull his it.impregnates and not it.fails it.calves cow his and not it.miscarries

*JPS 1917:* Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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[Leviticus 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.26.11/)

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וְנָתַתִּ֥י מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תִגְעַ֥ל נַפְשִׁ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.put place my.dwelling among you and not it.will.abhor self my you

*JPS 1917:* And I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.

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