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yigʾāl יִגְאָל ‘Igal’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from gāʾal גָּאַל ‘to redeem / redemption’
Roots: גאל

yigʾāl pr n m pers
Igal or Igeal = "He redeems"
1) son of Joseph and a spy from the tribe of Issachar
2) son of Nathan of Zobah, one of David's mighty warriors
3) a son of Shemaiah and descendant of Zerubbabel

Mentioned in Numbers 13:7 2 Samuel 23:36 1 Chronicles 3:22

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