גָּלַח
gâlach · gaw-lakh'
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
- properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave
- figuratively, to lay waste
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: poll, shave (off).
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּלַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he shaved1 · 4%
- he shall be shaven1 · 4%
- shall he not shave1 · 4%
- and shave1 · 4%
- that he shall shave1 · 4%
- he shall shave1 · 4%
- neither shall they shave off1 · 4%
- then he shall shave1 · 4%
- shall he shave1 · 4%
- shall shave1 · 4%
- is shaven1 · 4%
- and she shall shave1 · 4%
- if i be shaven1 · 4%
- and she caused him to shave off1 · 4%
- he was shaven1 · 4%
- and shaved off1 · 4%
- and when he polled1 · 4%
- that he polled1 · 4%
- on him, therefore he polled1 · 4%
- and shaved1 · 4%
- shave1 · 4%
- shaven1 · 4%
- neither shall they shave1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.