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)
Same root
- גּוֹלָהgôwlâh · H1473exile; concretely and collectively exiles
- גְּלָהgᵉlâh · H1541{to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal}
- גִּלֹהGilôh · H1542Giloh, a place in Palestine
- גָּלוּתgâlûwth · H1546captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
- גִּלָּיוֹןgillâyôwn · H1549a tablet for writing (as bare); by analogy, a mirror (as a plate)
- גׇּלְיַתGolyath · H1555Goljath, a Philistine
- יׇגְלִיYoglîy · H3020Jogli, an Israelite
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.
See every passage
- Genesis 9:21, 35:7
- Exodus 20:26
- Leviticus 18:6, 18:7, 18:8, 18:9, 18:10, 18:11, 18:12, 18:13, 18:14, 18:15, 18:16, 18:17, 18:18, 18:19, 20:11, 20:17, 20:18, 20:19, 20:20, 20:21
- Numbers 22:31, 24:4, 24:16
- Deuteronomy 22:30, 27:20, 29:29
- Judges 18:30
- Ruth 3:4, 3:7, 4:4
- 1 Samuel 2:27, 3:7, 3:21, 4:21, 4:22, 9:15, 14:8, 14:11, 20:2, 20:12, 20:13, 22:8, 22:17
- 2 Samuel 6:20, 7:27, 15:19, 22:16
- 2 Kings 15:29, 16:9, 17:6, 17:11, 17:23, 17:26, 17:27, 17:28, 17:33, 18:11, 24:14, 24:15, 25:11, 25:21
- 1 Chronicles 5:6, 5:26, 6:15, 8:6, 8:7, 9:1, 17:25
- 2 Chronicles 36:20
- Ezra 2:1
- Nehemiah 7:6
- Esther 2:6, 3:14, 8:13
- Job 12:22, 20:27, 20:28, 33:16, 36:10, 36:15, 38:17, 41:13
- Psalms 18:15, 98:2, 119:18
- Proverbs 11:13, 18:2, 20:19, 25:9, 26:26, 27:5, 27:25
- Isaiah 5:13, 16:3, 22:8, 22:14, 23:1, 24:11, 26:21, 38:12, 40:5, 47:2, 47:3, 49:9, 49:21, 53:1, 56:1, 57:8
- Jeremiah 1:3, 11:20, 13:19, 13:22, 20:4, 20:12, 22:12, 24:1, 27:20, 29:1, 29:4, 29:7, 29:14, 32:11, 32:14, 33:6, 39:9, 40:1, 40:7, 43:3, 49:10, 52:15, 52:27, 52:28, 52:30
- Lamentations 1:3, 2:14, 4:22
- Ezekiel 12:3, 13:14, 16:36, 16:37, 16:57, 21:24, 22:10, 23:10, 23:18, 23:29, 39:23, 39:28
- Daniel 10:1
- Hosea 2:10, 7:1, 10:5
- Amos 1:5, 1:6, 3:7, 5:5, 5:27, 6:7, 7:11, 7:17
- Micah 1:6, 1:16
- Nahum 2:7, 3:5
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).