ga.lal marks the person, act, or circumstance presented as the ground for an outcome.

Across the supplied verses, ga.lal marks the stated ground for an ensuing result: a person may be the ground of well-being or blessing, while acts, sins, or other circumstances may be given as the ground of anger, disaster, expulsion, or ruin.

1. Stated ground for a resulting outcome · dominant

   The construct noun identifies what an outcome is attributed to. In Genesis 30:27 and Genesis 39:5, the APB renders blessing as occurring “because of you” and “on account of Joseph”; in 1 Kings 14:16 and Micah 3:12, it introduces the sins or people given as the ground of judgment. Deuteronomy 15:10 and Deuteronomy 18:12 likewise place a stated word or abominations before the resulting blessing or removal.

   Genesis 30:27Genesis 39:51 Kings 14:16Micah 3:12Deuteronomy 15:10Deuteronomy 18:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the causal relation with “because of,” “on account of,” and “for.” These phrases show the clause-level relation rather than establishing separate lexical senses.