H1540H
גָּלָה
to reveal: reveal
: reveal[information] 1) to uncover, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to uncover 1a2) to remove, depart 1a3) to go into exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) (reflexive) 1b1a) to uncover oneself 1b1b) to discover or show oneself 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God) 1b2) (passive) 1b2a) to be uncovered 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered 1b2c) to be revealed 1b3) to be removed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to uncover (nakedness) 1c1a) nakedness 1c1b) general 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare 1c3) to make known, show, reveal 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile 1g) (Hithpael) 1g1) to be uncovered 1g2) to reveal oneself
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
גָּלָה189 verb uncover, remove (Late Hebrew id., compare Arabic be or become clear, uncovered; display, reveal, declare; go forth, emigrate; compare Eth obducere, velare, & II. in derivatives (rare) Di1141; Aramaic גְּלָא, reveal) —
a. uncover oneself (one's nakedness) 2Sam 6:20.
b. discover or shew oneself Isa 49:9, אֶל 1Sam 14:8; 1Sam 14:11.
c. reveal himself (of God), אֶל Gen 35:7 (E) 1Sam 2:27; 1Sam 3:21, באזני Isa 22:14.
a. be uncovered (one's nakedness), ערוה Exod 20:26 (E) Isa 47:3; Ezek 16:36; Ezek 23:29, שׁולים Jer 13:22.
b. be disclosed, discovered, foundations 2Sam 22:16 (= Ps 18:16) Ezek 13:14 gates of death Job 38:17, עוןHos 7:1, פשׁע Ezek 21:29, רעה Prov 26:26; Ezek 16:57.
c. be revealed ׳כבוד י Isa 40:5, ׳זרוע י Isa 53:1, ׳דבר י 1Sam 3:7, צדקה Isa 56:1 with לְ Isa 23:1; Dan 10:1, הַנִּגְלֹת the things revealed Deut 29:28.
a. nakedness (oft = contract marriage, RSLagGN 1882, 408; JPh ix. 94) Lev 18:6-19; Lev 20:11-21 (H 23 t.) Ezek 22:10 compare כנף אביו Deut 23:1; Deut 27:20 of exposure, as a reproach, Ezek 16:37; Ezek 23:10, compare נבלת Hos 2:12, שׁולים Nah 3:5 immodesty Ezek 23:18, מקור דמיה Lev 20:18 (H), תזנותיה Ezek 23:18 ׳ג alone Isa 57:8 (all subject feminine)
b. in general: feet Ruth 3:4; Ruth 3:7, leg Isa 47:2, vail vIsa 47:2 (i.e. remove it) compare Isa 22:8, פני לבושׁו Job 41:5, eyes Num 22:31 (E) Ps 119:18 (open them so as to see).
[גְּלָא, גְּלָה] verb reveal (Biblical Hebrew גָּלָה uncover, reveal); —
32 occurrences
Genesis (1), Ruth (1), I Samuel (11), II Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1), Job (3), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Amos (1)
- Genesis 35:7
- Ruth 4:4
- I Samuel 2:27
- I Samuel 3:7
- I Samuel 3:21
- I Samuel 9:15
- I Samuel 14:8
- I Samuel 14:11
- I Samuel 20:2
- I Samuel 20:12
- I Samuel 20:13
- I Samuel 22:8
- I Samuel 22:17
- II Samuel 7:27
- I Chronicles 17:25
- Job 12:22
- Job 20:27
- Job 38:17
- Psalms 98:2
- Proverbs 18:2
- Proverbs 26:26
- Isaiah 22:14
- Isaiah 26:21
- Isaiah 40:5
- Jeremiah 11:20
- Jeremiah 20:12
- Jeremiah 33:6
- Lamentations 4:22
- Ezekiel 16:57
- Daniel 10:1
- Hosea 7:1
- Amos 3:7