[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, וַיְגַלְּחֵם[1Chr 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 RSSem 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).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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