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gālaḥ גָּלַח ‘to shave’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

gālaḥ v
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

Mentioned in Genesis 41:14 Codex Leviticus 14:8, 13:33, 14:9, 21:5 Numbers 6:18, 6:19, 6:9 Deuteronomy 21:12 Judges 16:17, 16:19, 16:22 2 Samuel 14:26, 10:4 Isaiah 7:20 Jeremiah 41:5 Ezekiel 44:20 1 Chronicles 19:4

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