Hypertext Webster Gateway: "goel"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Goel
in Hebrew the participle of the verb _gaal_, "to redeem." It is
rendered in the Authorized Version "kinsman," Num. 5:8; Ruth
3:12; 4:1,6,8; "redeemer," Job 19:25; "avenger," Num. 35:12;
Deut. 19:6, etc. The Jewish law gave the right of redeeming and
repurchasing, as well as of avenging blood, to the next
relative, who was accordingly called by this name. (See {REDEEMER}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Goel \Go"el\ (g[=o]"[e^]l), a. [Cf. {Yellow}. [root]49.]
Yellow. [Obs.] --Tusser.
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