H1548

גָּלַח

ga.lachH:V

to shave

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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).

17 occurrences

Genesis (1), Leviticus (4), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (2), II Samuel (2), I Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)