{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1351",
  "lemma": "גָּאַל",
  "transliteration": "gâʼal",
  "definition": "to soil or (figuratively) desecrate",
  "kjv": "defile, pollute, stain.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[גָּאַל] vb. defile, late",
    "Niph. be defiled",
    "Pi. pollute, desecrate",
    "Pu. and they were desecrated out of the priesthood",
    "Hiph. I have polluted, i.e. stained, all my raiment.",
    "Hithp. defile himself"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 59:3",
      "text": "For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/59?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 63:3",
      "text": "“I have trodden the wine press alone. Of the peoples, no one was with me. Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/63?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zephaniah 3:1",
      "text": "Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/3?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Malachi 1:7",
      "text": "You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘The LORD’s table is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/malachi/1?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Malachi 1:12",
      "text": "“But you profane it when you say, ‘The LORD’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/malachi/1?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Lamentations 4:14",
      "text": "They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/4?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Daniel 1:8",
      "text": "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/1?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 2:62",
      "text": "These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=62"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 7:64",
      "text": "These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=64"
    }
  ],
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