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title: יִגְאָל — Igal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִגְאָל (3008), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Igal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִגְאָל

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«יִגְאָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Igal** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3008 · **BDB:** יִגְאָל

### Glosses

Igal (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Igal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3008/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3008/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (He redeems)— one of the spies Nu 13:7. one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:36. descendant of Zerubbabel 1 Ch 3:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִגְאָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3008/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.7/)

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לְמַטֵּ֣ה יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר יִגְאָ֖ל בֶּן־יוֹסֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Issachar Igal the.son of.Joseph

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

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[2 Samuel 23:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.36/)

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יִגְאָ֤ל בֶּן־נָתָן֙ מִצֹּבָ֔הס בָּנִ֖י הַגָּדִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Igal the.son of.Nathan from Zobah Bani the Gadite

*JPS 1917:* Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite;

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