יִגְאָלYigʼâl

proper name, masculine: He redeems

Pronunciation: yig-awl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3008

Meanings

1. one of the spies (Numbers 13:7)

2. one of David's heroes (2 Samuel 23:36)

3. descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 13:7 Issachar Igal son of Joseph
  • 2 Samuel 23:36 Igal son of Nathan from Zobah; Bani from Gad;
  • 1 Chronicles 3:22 The descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).