to abhor
ga.al denotes rejection or aversion toward people, statutes, or objects, and in one Hiphil clause describes not miscarrying.
The prevailing use expresses aversion or rejection directed toward people, divine statutes or justice, and even a shield; the APB accordingly uses wording such as “abhor,” “loathed,” and “rejected.” A single Hiphil occurrence appears in a clause about a heifer that does not miscarry.
Senses in use
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Rejecting or feeling aversion toward someone or something · dominant
In Leviticus 26:11 and Leviticus 26:44, Qal forms occur in assurances that the speaker will not act this way toward the people. Leviticus 26:15 and Leviticus 26:43 place Qal forms with a soul's response to justice and statutes, while Jeremiah 14:19 asks whether Judah and Zion have been rejected; the APB renders these clauses with “abhor,” “rejected,” and “loathed.”
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Not miscarrying · rare
In Job 21:10, the Hiphil imperfect occurs in the statement that a man's heifer calves and does not miscarry. The APB presents the clause as an animal's successful calving rather than as an expression of aversion.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the aversion clauses, the APB uses “abhorred,” “abhor,” “loathed,” and “rejected.” In Job 21:10 it instead says “does not miscarry”; these are presentations of whole clauses in a translation.