Lexical Definition

‎גָּלַח‎ gâlach (gaw-lakh') to shave ^H:V
a primitive root

poll, shave (off).

• properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave
• figuratively to lay waste

1) to poll, shave, shave off, be bald
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to shave
1a2) to shave off
1a3) (fig. of devastation)
1b)(Pual) to be shaven
1c) (Hithpael) to shave oneself

See Greek: κείρω · ξυράω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎גָּלַח‎] verb be bald (Arabic ); Pi`el shave, shave off (so Late Hebrew, Aramaic) — Perfect ‎וְגִלַּח‎ consecutive Lev 14:8 + 2 t.; suffix ‎וְגִלְּחוֺ‎ consecutive 2Sam 14:26 3 feminine singular ‎וְגִלְּחָה‎ consecutive Deut 21:12 Imperfect ‎יְגַלַּח‎ Lev 14:9; Isa 7:20, ‎יְגַלֵּחַ֑‎ Lev 13:33 + 2 t., ‎וַיְגַלַּח‎ Gen 41:14; 2Sam 10:4 suffix (3 masculine singular) ‎יְגַלְּחֶגּוּ‎, ‎וַיְגַלְּחֵם‎1Chr 19:4 3 feminine singular ‎וַתְּנַלַּךְ‎ Judg 16:19 3 masculine plural ‎יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ‎ Lev 21:5; Ezek 44:20 Infinitive suffix of subject ‎גַּלְּחוֺ‎ 2Sam 14:26 —

1. shave, object the head, ‎ראֹשׁ‎ Num 6:9 (twice in verse); Num 6:18 (P) Deut 21:12 (hair as containing impurity, compare RS^{Sem i. 407}), 2Sam 14:26 (twice in verse) compare; 2Sam 14:26; Ezek 44:20; Lev 13:33 (P), object ‎הַנֶתֶק‎; object persons 1Chr 19:4.

2. shave off, the hair ‎שֵׂעָר‎ Lev 14:8; Lev 14:9 (twice in verse) (P) compare Judg 16:19 the beard ‎זָקָן‎ Lev 21:5 (H) 2Sam 10:4.

3. figurative of devastation by Assyrians Isa 7:20 (object ‎הָראֹשׁ‎, ‎שַׂעַר הָרַגְלָ֑יִם‎ and ‎הַזָּקָן‎).

4. intransitive he shaved (himself) Gen 41:14 (E). Pu`al Perfect ‎גֻּלָּ֑ח‎ Judg 16:22, ‎גֻּלַּחְתִּי‎ Judg 16:17 Participle construct ‎מְגֻלְּחֵי‎ Jer 41:5 — be shaven, subject person (of Samson) Judg 16:17; Judg 16:22 ‎מְגֻלְּחֵי זָקָן‎ Jer 41:5. Hithpa`el Perfect ‎וְהִתְגַּלָּ֑ח‎ consecutive Lev 13:33 Infinitive suffix ‎הִתְגַּלְּחוֺ‎ Num 6:19 — shave oneself Lev 13:33 with accusative ‎אֶתנִֿזְרוֺ‎ Num 6:19 (both P).

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