Strong's Lexicon
galah: To uncover, reveal, go into exile, depart
Original Word:גֶּלֶה
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:galah
Pronunciation:gah-LAH
Phonetic Spelling:(gaw-law')
Definition:To uncover, reveal, go into exile, depart
Meaning:to denude, to exile, to reveal
Word Origin:A primitive root
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalyptō): To reveal, uncover
-μετοικεσία (metoikesia): Exile, deportation
Usage:The Hebrew verb "galah" primarily means "to uncover" or "to reveal." It is used in various contexts, including the uncovering of physical objects, the revealing of secrets or truths, and the exposure of one's nakedness. Additionally, "galah" is frequently used in the context of exile, referring to the act of being taken captive or departing from one's homeland. This dual usage highlights both the physical and metaphorical aspects of uncovering and displacement.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of uncovering or revealing was significant both in religious and social contexts. Uncovering could imply shame or dishonor, especially in terms of nakedness or exposure of sin. The theme of exile is a major motif in the Hebrew Bible, reflecting historical events such as the Babylonian captivity. Exile was seen as a form of divine judgment, a consequence of the nation's unfaithfulness to God's covenant.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. root
Definitionto uncover, remove
NASB Translationaway into exile (2), banished (1), betray (1), captives (1), captivity (1), carried (1), carried and away (1), carried into exile (4), carried them into exile (3), carried them away into exile (2), carried them captive (1), carried away (14), carried away into exile (10), carried away to exile (1), carried away captive (1), carried...away into exile (4), carry them away as exiles (2), certainly go (3), certainly go into captivity (1), committed (1), depart (1), departed (3), deported (1), disappears (1), discloses (2), disclosing (1), exile (8), exiled (4), exiles (1), expose (2), exposed (3), go from you into exile (1), go into exile (6), go exiled (1), gone into exile (1), indeed reveal (1), inform* (1), known* (2), laid bare (3), lay bare (1), led him captive (1), led away (3), led away into exile (3), led...away into exile (2), lift (1), made (1), make (2), open (4), opened (1), opens (3), published (2), remove (1), removed (3), reported (1), reveal (5), reveal* (1), revealed (12), revealed* (2), revealing (1), reveals (4), revelation* (1), sent into exile (1), sent you into exile (2), set forth (1), shamelessly uncovers (1), show (1), strip off (1), stripped (1), taken (1), taken into exile (1), things revealed (1), uncover (22), uncovered (22), uncovers (1), went into exile (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
189 (Late Hebrew
id., compare Arabic
be or
become clear, uncovered; display, reveal, declare; go forth, emigrate; compare Eth
obducere, velare, & II.
in derivatives (rare) Di
1141; Aramaic ,
reveal) —
51Perfect etc.1 Samuel 4:21 + (18 t. in all);Imperfect1 Samuel 20:2 5t.,2 Kings 17:23 3t., also jussiveJob 20:28;Job 36:15; 3masculine pluralAmos 6:7;Imperative masculine singularEzekiel 12:3;Infinitive absoluteAmos 5:5 2t.,constructJudges 18:30;Jeremiah 1:3;Participle2 Kings 24:14,1 Samuel 22:8 3t., feminineIsaiah 49:21;passiveEsther 3:14 2t., constructNumbers 24:4,16; —
uncover the ear of one, i.e.reveal to him1 Samuel 9:15;1 Samuel 20:2,12,13;1 Samuel 22:8 (twice in verse);1 Samuel 22:17;2 Samuel 7:27;1 Chronicles 17:25;Ruth 4:4;Job 33:16;Job 36:10,15;uncovered of eyes, having the eyes openNumbers 24:4,16;reveal a secretAmos 3:7;Proverbs 20:19;the revealed opposed toJeremiah 32:11;disclosed, publishedEsther 3:14;Esther 8:13.
intransitiveremove, depart,the mirth of the land is departedIsaiah 24:11;the increase of his house shall departJob 20:28;Proverbs 27:25.
go into exileJudges 18:30;2 Kings 17:23;2 Kings 25:21;Isaiah 5:13;Jeremiah 1:3;Jeremiah 52:27;Ezekiel 12:3;Ezekiel 39:23;Amos 1:5;Amos 5:5;Amos 6:7;Amos 7:11,17;Micah 1:16;Lamentations 1:3;1 Samuel 4:21,22;Hosea 10:5; participlean exile2 Samuel 15:19;2 Kings 24:14;Isaiah 49:21;Amos 6:7.
Perfect1 Samuel 3:21 9t.,Isaiah 53:1,1 Samuel 2:27, Genesis 35:7 2t.,1 Samuel 14:8;Imperfect ,1 Samuel 3:7 4t.,Isaiah 47:3,2 Samuel 22:16 2t.;ImperativeIsaiah 49:9;Infinitive absolute 1Samuel 2:27; construct2 Samuel 6:20,2 Samuel 6:20 2t.;Participle pluralDeuteronomy 29:28; —
reflexive
uncover oneself (one's nakedness)2 Samuel 6:20.
discover orshew oneselfIsaiah 49:9,1 Samuel 14:8,11.
reveal himself (of God),Genesis 35:7 (E)1 Samuel 2:27;1 Samuel 3:21,Isaiah 22:14.
passive
be uncovered (one's nakedness),Exodus 20:26 (E)Isaiah 47:3;Ezekiel 16:36;Ezekiel 23:29,Jeremiah 13:22.
be disclosed, discovered, foundations2 Samuel 22:16 (=Psalm 18:16)Ezekiel 13:14; gates of deathJob 38:17, Hosea 7:1,Ezekiel 21:29,Proverbs 26:26;Ezekiel 16:57.
be revealedIsaiah 40:5,Isaiah 53:1,1 Samuel 3:7,Isaiah 56:1; withIsaiah 23:1;Daniel 10:1,the things revealedDeuteronomy 29:28.
be removed,my habitation is plucked up and removed from meIsaiah 38:12.
56Perfect Leviticus 20:11,Isaiah 57:8, Jeremiah 33:6;ImperfectDeuteronomy 23:1,Proverbs 25:9;ImperativePsalm 119:18,Isaiah 47:2;InfinitiveLeviticus 18:6;ParticipleJob 12:22; —
uncover,
nakedness (oft =contract marriage, RSLagGN 1882, 408; JPh ix. 94)Leviticus 18:6-19;Leviticus 20:11-21 (H 23 t.)Ezekiel 22:10; compareDeuteronomy 23:1;Deuteronomy 27:20; ofexposure, as a reproach,Ezekiel 16:37;Ezekiel 23:10, compareHosea 2:12,Nahum 3:5;immodestyEzekiel 23:18,Leviticus 20:18 (H),Ezekiel 23:18; aloneIsaiah 57:8 (all subject feminine)
in General: feetRuth 3:4,7, legIsaiah 47:2, vailIsaiah 47:2 (i.e.remove it) compareIsaiah 22:8,Job 41:5, eyesNumbers 22:31 (E)Psalm 119:18 (open them so as to see).
disclose, discover, lay bare, secret placesJeremiah 49:10, deep placesJob 12:22, foundationsMicah 1:6, bloodIsaiah 26:21, iniquityJob 20:27, secretProverbs 11:13;Proverbs 25:9, a wanderer (betray)Isaiah 16:3.
make known, shew, reveal,make known a cause untoJeremiah 11:20;Jeremiah 20:12; withJob 33:6;shew his righteousness in the eyes ofPsalm 98:2; with ,make known concerning, iniquity, sinLamentations 2:14;Lamentations 4:22.
Perfectbe uncoveredNahum 2:8;Participleopen rebukeProverbs 27:5.
39Perfect2 Kings 17:11 +,2 Kings 24:14,1 Chronicles 8:7,Jeremiah 20:4;Imperfect2 Kings 17:6 3t.; suffix2 Kings 16:9,2 Kings 15:29;1 Chronicles 5:26,1 Chronicles 8:6:Infinitive1 Chronicles 5:41 5t.,Jeremiah 27:20; —carry away into exile, take into exile2 Kings 15:29;2 Kings 16:9;2 Kings 17:6,11,26,27,28,33;2 Kings 18:11;2 Kings 24:14,15;2 Kings 25:11;1 Chronicles 5:6,26;1 Chronicles 5:41;1 Chronicles 8:6,7; 2Chronicles 36:20;Ezra 2:1;Nehemiah 7:6;Esther 2:6;Jeremiah 20:4;Jeremiah 22:12;Jeremiah 24:1;Jeremiah 27:20;Jeremiah 29:1,4,7,14;Jeremiah 39:9;Jeremiah 43:3;Jeremiah 52:15,28,29,30;Lamentations 4:22;Ezekiel 39:28;Amos 1:6;Amos 5:27.
PerfectEsther 2:6; feminineEsther 2:6,1 Chronicles 9:1;Jeremiah 40:7, Jeremiah 13:19 (twice in verse) (Ges§ 75, R. 1);Participle passiveJeremiah 40:1carried into exile.
Imperfectwas uncovered (naked)Genesis 9:21.
Infinitivethat his heart may reveal itselfProverbs 18:2.
[, ] (Biblical Hebrewuncover, reveal); —
reveal secrets, human agent:InfinitiveDaniel 2:47; of God,Participle activeDaniel 2:22;Daniel 2:28;Daniel 2:29;Daniel 2:47.
PerfectDaniel 2:19,Daniel 2:30,revealed (WCG 225 NöLCB, 1896, 703); — of secret, with person
take into exile (Biblical Hebrew
),Perfect3masculine singular , with accusative of personEzra 4:10;Ezra 5:12 ( location).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
advertise, appear, bring, carry, lead, go captive into captivity, depart,
A primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal -- + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Forms and Transliterations
אֲגַלֶּ֥ה אֲגַלֶּֽה׃ אֶגְלֶ֧ה אגלה אגלה׃ בְּהִגָּל֣וֹת בְּהִתְגַּלּ֥וֹת בְּהַגְל֣וֹת בְּהַגְלוֹתִ֤י בַּ֠גְלוֹתוֹ בגלותו בהגלות בהגלותי בהתגלות גְּל֥וֹת גִ֭לָּה גִּלְּתָ֖ה גִּלִּ֣ית גִּלִּ֥יתִי גִּלֵּ֙יתִי֙ גִּלָּ֑ה גִּלָּ֖ה גִּלָּ֥ה גִּלָּה־ גִּלּ֣וּ גִלָּ֖ה גִלּ֥וּ גַּלִּ֨י גַּלִּי־ גַּל־ גָּֽלְתָ֨ה גָּל֖וּי גָּל֣וּ גָּלִ֙יתָ֙ גָּלִ֜יתָה גָּלָ֖ה גָּלָ֣ה גָּלָ֥ה גָּלֹ֣ה גָּלֹ֥ה גָל֖וּ גָלָ֥ה גֹּלִ֑ים גֹּלֶ֤ה גֹּלֶ֥ה גֻּלְּתָ֣ה גּֽוֹלֶה־ גולה־ גל־ גלה גלה־ גלו גלוי גלות גלי גלי־ גלים גלית גליתה גליתי גלתה הֲנִגְל֣וּ הֲנִגְלֹ֤ה הִגְל֥וּ הִגְלִ֙יתָ֙ הִגְלִיתֶ֣ם הִגְלֵ֤יתִי הִגְלֵ֥יתִי הִגְלוּ֙ הִגָּל֑וּ הֶגְלָ֑ם הֶגְלָ֔ה הֶגְלָ֕ה הֶגְלָ֖ה הֶגְלָ֗ה הֶגְלָ֛ה הֶגְלָ֥ה הֶגְלָ֧ה הַגְל֣וֹת הַגְלוֹתָ֛ם הַגָּלֽוּי׃ הַגָּלוּי֙ הַמֻּגְלִ֖ים הָגְל֖וּ הָגְל֥וּ הָגְלְתָ֔ה הָגְלָ֥ת הָגְלָ֧ת הָגְלָה֙ הגלה הגלו הגלוי הגלוי׃ הגלות הגלותם הגלית הגליתי הגליתם הגלם הגלת הגלתה המגלים הנגלה הנגלו וְגִלְּתָ֤ה וְגִלִּ֥ית וְגִלֵּיתִ֣י וְגִלֵּיתִ֤י וְגִלֵּיתִ֥י וְגִלָּ֤ה וְגָל֧וּ וְגָלִ֖יתִי וְגָלִ֙יתִי֙ וְגָלִ֨יתָ וְגֹלֶ֣ה וְהִגְלֵיתִ֥י וְהִגְלָ֣ה וְהִגְלָ֥ם וְהַנִּגְלֹ֞ת וְיִ֖גֶל וְנִגְלִ֖ינוּ וְנִגְלָ֖ה וְנִגְלָ֛ה וְנִגְלָ֞ה וְנִגְלָ֣ה וְנִגְלָ֥ה וְנִגְלָה֙ וַֽיִּגָּלוּ֮ וַיְגַ֕ל וַיְגַ֣ל וַיִּ֣גֶל וַיִּ֥גֶל וַיִּ֨גֶל וַיִּגָּל֣וּ וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל וַיֶּ֛גֶל וַיֶּ֥גֶל וַיֶּ֧גֶל וַיַּגְל֖וּם וַיַּגְלֵ֖ם וַיַּגְלֵם֙ וַיַּגְלֶ֖הָ וַתְּגַ֖ל וַתְּגַ֥ל וַתְּגַל֙ וַתִּגָּלֶ֣ה וּגְל֥וּי וּגְלֵ֥ה וּלְהַגְל֥וֹת וגלה וגלו וגלוי וגלית וגליתי וגלתה והגלה והגליתי והגלם והנגלת ויגל ויגלה ויגלו ויגלום ויגלם ויתגל ולהגלות ונגלה ונגלינו ותגל ותגלה יְגַלֶּ֖ה יְגַלּ֣וּ יִ֭גְלֶה יִ֭גֶל יִגְל֖וּ יִגְלֶ֔ה יִגְלֶ֖ה יִגָּל֖וּ יִגָּלֶ֥ה יגל יגלה יגלו כְּהִגָּל֥וֹת כהגלות לְגַלּ֖וֹת לְגַלּ֣וֹת לְגַלּ֧וֹת לְהִגָּלֽוֹת׃ לְהַגְלוֹתֵ֑ךְ לגלות להגלות׃ להגלותך מְגַלֶּ֣ה מְגַלֶּה־ מְגֻלָּ֑ה מגלה מגלה־ נִגְל֖וֹת נִגְל֤וּ נִגְל֥וּ נִגְלֵ֙יתִי֙ נִגְלָ֣ה נִגְלָ֤ה נִגְלָ֨ה נִגְלָֽתָה׃ נִגְלָה־ נגלה נגלה־ נגלו נגלות נגליתי נגלתה׃ תְּגַלִּֽי׃ תְּגָֽל׃ תְגַלֵּ֑ה תְגַלֶּ֖ה תִּגָּל֙ תִּגָּלֶ֖ה תִּגָּלֶ֣ה תִגָּלֶ֥ה תגל תגל׃ תגלה תגלי׃ ’ă·ḡal·leh ’ăḡalleh ’eḡ·leh ’eḡleh agalLeh baḡ·lō·w·ṯōw bagloto baḡlōwṯōw bə·haḡ·lō·w·ṯî bə·haḡ·lō·wṯ bə·hig·gā·lō·wṯ bə·hiṯ·gal·lō·wṯ behagLot behagloTi bəhaḡlōwṯ bəhaḡlōwṯî behiggaLot bəhiggālōwṯ behitgalLot bəhiṯgallōwṯ egLeh gā·lāh ḡā·lāh gā·lə·ṯāh gā·lî·ṯā gā·lî·ṯāh gā·lōh gā·lū ḡā·lū gā·lui gal gal- gal·lî gal·lî- gaLah gālāh ḡālāh gāləṯāh gaLita gālîṯā gaLitah gālîṯāh galLi gallî gallî- gaLoh gālōh galTah gaLu gālū ḡālū gaLui gālui gə·lō·wṯ geLot gəlōwṯ gil·lāh ḡil·lāh gil·lāh- gil·lə·ṯāh gil·lê·ṯî gil·lî·ṯî gil·lîṯ gil·lū ḡil·lū gilLah gillāh ḡillāh gillāh- gilLeiti gilleTah gilləṯāh gillêṯî gilLit gillîṯ gilLiti gillîṯî gilLu gillū ḡillū gō·leh gō·lîm gō·w·leh- goLeh gōleh goLim gōlîm gōwleh- gul·lə·ṯāh gulleTah gulləṯāh hā·ḡə·lāh hā·ḡə·lāṯ hā·ḡə·lə·ṯāh hā·ḡə·lū hă·niḡ·lōh hă·niḡ·lū hag·gā·lui haḡ·lō·w·ṯām haḡ·lō·wṯ hageLah hāḡəlāh hageLat hāḡəlāṯ hageleTah hāḡələṯāh hageLu hāḡəlū haggaLui haggālui hagLot hagloTam haḡlōwṯ haḡlōwṯām ham·muḡ·lîm hammugLim hammuḡlîm hanigLoh hăniḡlōh hanigLu hăniḡlū heḡ·lāh heḡ·lām hegLah heḡlāh hegLam heḡlām hig·gā·lū hiḡ·lê·ṯî hiḡ·lî·ṯā hiḡ·lî·ṯem hiḡ·lū higgaLu higgālū higLeiti hiḡlêṯî higLita hiḡlîṯā higliTem hiḡlîṯem higLu hiḡlū kə·hig·gā·lō·wṯ kehiggaLot kəhiggālōwṯ lə·ḡal·lō·wṯ lə·haḡ·lō·w·ṯêḵ lə·hig·gā·lō·wṯ legalLot ləḡallōwṯ lehagloTech ləhaḡlōwṯêḵ lehiggaLot ləhiggālōwṯ mə·ḡal·leh mə·ḡal·leh- mə·ḡul·lāh megalLeh məḡalleh məḡalleh- megulLah məḡullāh niḡ·lā·ṯāh niḡ·lāh niḡ·lāh- niḡ·lê·ṯî niḡ·lō·wṯ niḡ·lū nigLah niḡlāh niḡlāh- nigLatah niḡlāṯāh nigLeiti niḡlêṯî nigLot niḡlōwṯ nigLu niḡlū tə·ḡāl ṯə·ḡal·leh ṯə·ḡal·lêh tə·ḡal·lî teGal təḡāl tegalLeh ṯəḡalleh ṯəḡallêh tegalLi təḡallî tig·gā·leh ṯig·gā·leh tig·gāl tigGal tiggāl tiggaLeh tiggāleh ṯiggāleh ū·ḡə·lêh ū·ḡə·lui ū·lə·haḡ·lō·wṯ ugeLeh ūḡəlêh ugeLui ūḡəlui ulehagLot ūləhaḡlōwṯ vaiyagLeha vaiyagLem vaiyagLum vaiYegel vaiYigel vaiyiggaLu vaiyitGal vatteGal vattiggaLeh vayGal vegaLita vegaLiti vegaLu vegilLah vegilleiTi vegilleTah vegilLit vegoLeh vehannigLot vehigLah vehigLam vehigleiTi venigLah venigLinu veYigel wat·tə·ḡal wat·tig·gā·leh wattəḡal wattiggāleh way·ḡal way·yaḡ·le·hā way·yaḡ·lêm way·yaḡ·lūm way·ye·ḡel way·yi·ḡel way·yig·gā·lū way·yiṯ·gal wayḡal wayyaḡlehā wayyaḡlêm wayyaḡlūm wayyeḡel wayyiḡel wayyiggālū wayyiṯgal wə·ḡā·lî·ṯā wə·ḡā·lî·ṯî wə·ḡā·lū wə·ḡil·lāh wə·ḡil·lə·ṯāh wə·ḡil·lê·ṯî wə·ḡil·lîṯ wə·ḡō·leh wə·han·niḡ·lōṯ wə·hiḡ·lāh wə·hiḡ·lām wə·hiḡ·lê·ṯî wə·niḡ·lāh wə·niḡ·lî·nū wə·yi·ḡel wəḡālîṯā wəḡālîṯî wəḡālū wəḡillāh wəḡilləṯāh wəḡillêṯî wəḡillîṯ wəḡōleh wəhanniḡlōṯ wəhiḡlāh wəhiḡlām wəhiḡlêṯî wəniḡlāh wəniḡlînū wəyiḡel yə·ḡal·leh yə·ḡal·lū yegalLeh yəḡalleh yegalLu yəḡallū yi·ḡel yig·gā·leh yig·gā·lū yiḡ·leh yiḡ·lū Yigel yiḡel yiggaLeh yiggāleh yiggaLu yiggālū yigLeh yiḡleh yigLu yiḡlū
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