גָּאַל (gāʾal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning defile. It appears
11 times
in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1351).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 301)
Range of meaning (TWOT 301)defile; be defiled; pollute, desecrate; stained; defile himself; soil
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּאַלverb: defile
Niphalbe defiled
Pielpollute, desecrate
Hiphili.e. stained
Hithpaeldefile himself
Strong's H1351גָּאַל: to soil or (figuratively) desecrate KJV:defile, pollute, stain.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.