גָּאַל gâʼal (H1351)

to soil or (figuratively) desecrate

1) to defile, pollute, desecrate 1a) (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted 1b) (Piel) to pollute, desecrate 1c)(Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood) 1d) (Hiphil) to pollute, stain 1e) (Hithpael) to defile oneself

a primitive root, (rather identified with גָּאַל (H1350), through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating);