גָּלָהgâlâh

גָּלָה: uncover, remove

Pronunciation: gaw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1540

Meanings

Qal: construct, passive (1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 20:2; 2 Kings 17:23)

1. uncover, reveal (1 Samuel 9:15; 1 Samuel 20:2; 1 Samuel 20:12)

2. remove, depart, intransitive (Isaiah 24:11; Job 20:28; Proverbs 27:25)

3. go into exile (Judges 18:30; 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 25:21)

Niph`al

1. reflexive

a. uncover oneself (2 Samuel 6:20)

b. discover, shew oneself (Isaiah 49:9; 1 Samuel 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:11)

c. reveal himself (Genesis 35:7; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Samuel 3:21)

2. passive

a. be uncovered (Exodus 20:26; Isaiah 47:3; Ezekiel 16:36)

b. be disclosed, discovered (2 Samuel 22:16; Psalms 18:16; Ezekiel 13:14)

c. be revealed (Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 53:1; 1 Samuel 3:7)

3. be removed (Isaiah 38:12)

Pi`el

1. uncover

a. nakedness, contract marriage (Leviticus 18:6-19; Leviticus 20:11-21; Ezekiel 22:10)

b. remove (Ruth 3:4; Ruth 3:7; Isaiah 47:2)

2. disclose, discover, lay bare (Jeremiah 49:10; Job 12:22; Micah 1:6)

3. make known, shew, reveal (Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 20:12; Job 33:6)

Pu`al: be uncovered (Nahum 2:8; Proverbs 27:5)

Hiph`il: carry away into exile, take into exile (2 Kings 17:11; 2 Kings 24:14; 1 Chronicles 8:7)

Hoph`al: carried into exile (Esther 2:6; 1 Chronicles 9:1; Jeremiah 40:7)

Hithpa`el

1. was uncovered (Genesis 9:21)

2. may reveal itself (Proverbs 18:2)

גָּלָה: reveal

Pe`al: reveal (Daniel 2:47; Daniel 2:22; Daniel 2:28)

Pe`il: revealed (Daniel 2:19; Daniel 2:30)

Haph`el: take into exile (Ezra 4:10; Ezra 5:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 186 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 9:21 One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.
  • Genesis 35:7 Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.
  • Exodus 20:26 And do not approach my altar by going up steps. If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness.
  • Leviticus 18:6 “You must never have sexual relations with a close relative, for I am the Lord.
  • Leviticus 18:7 “Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
  • Leviticus 18:8 “Do not have sexual relations with any of your father’s wives, for this would violate your father.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).