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title: גַּעַל — Gaal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּעַל (1603), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Gaal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּעַל

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«גַּעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gaal** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 1603 · **BDB:** גַּ֫עַל

### Glosses

Gaal (8); of.Gaal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gaal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1603/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1603/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. appar. a Canaanite, son of עֶבֶד (but cf. VB) Ju 9:26, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1603/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 9:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.39/)

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וַיֵּ֣צֵא גַ֔עַל לִפְנֵ֖י בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Gaal before the.citizens of.Shechem and he.fought against Abimelech

*JPS 1917:* And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

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[Judges 9:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.30/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע זְבֻל֙ שַׂר־הָעִ֔יר אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י גַּ֣עַל בֶּן־עָ֑בֶד וַיִּ֖חַר אַפּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Zebul the.official of the.city (et) the.words of.Gaal the.son of.Ebed and it.burned anger his

*JPS 1917:* And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

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