גאל

עברית

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

גאל

Where it comes from

Possibly connected to Arabic جَعَلَ (jaʕala, “to fix, to set”).

verb גָּאַל · ga'ál · נִגְאַל · לגאול · לִגְאֹל · גאולה

  1. construction pa'al to redeem וַיֹּאמֶר הַגֹּאֵל לֹא אוּכַל לִגְאָל לִי פֶּן־אַשְׁחִית אֶת־נַחֲלָתִי גְּאַל־לְךָ אַתָּה אֶת־גְּאֻלָּתִי כִּי לֹא־אוּכַל לִגְאֹל׃
  2. construction pa'al to free, deliver, emancipate נָחִיתָ בְחַסְדְּךָ עַם־זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ נֵהַלְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ אֶל־נְוֵה קׇדְשֶׁךָ׃

In English

  • redeem to save from a state of sin
  • emancipate to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another — se

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"גאל." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%9C. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

גאל. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%9C

Chicago

"גאל." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%9C.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {גאל},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.