גְּלָה
gᵉlâh · H1541 · Aramaic · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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to take captive
Literally: to uncover (an area); hence: causative action by which a group of people is forced to leave their country to settle somewhere else for an indefinite amount of time
ExamplesEzra 4:10 and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River. And now
Ezra 5:12 ‘But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
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to unveil, to reveal
Literally: to expose; hence: causative action by which a deity or human being causes certain information to become available to someone else
ExamplesDaniel 2:19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;
Daniel 2:22 “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him.
Daniel 2:28 “However, there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- רָזsecret 2
- הוּאare 1
- אׇסְנַפַּרAsnapper 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- רָזsecret 4
- סְתַרdestroy 1
- עַםpeople 1
- עֲמִיקdeep 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 5 groups
- בin/on/with+ חֵזֵוvision 1
- בin/on/with+ חׇכְמָהwisdom 1
- לto/for+ דָּנִיֵּאלDaniel 1
- לto/for+ בַּבֶלBabylon 1
- לto/for+ נִיme 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לָאnot 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְדַעcertify 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קְשׁוֹטtruth 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּאare 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀνακαλύπτω anakalýptō · G343 · to unveil, to remove a veil, to uncover
- Greek ἀνακαλύπτω specifically denotes the physical or metaphorical act of unveiling/uncovering, corresponding to the 'reveal' sense within Hebrew גְּלָה's broader semantic range that also includes deportation ('carry away') and migration ('bring over').
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Hear002004001003
- This Hear code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping with the Hebrew form (גָּלָה (gâlâh, H1540)), whose “uncover the ear” idiom for informing someone is well attested; this word's own occurrences in Ezra and Daniel use it only for revealing a secret or for exile, never with “ear” as its object.
- Know002004002007
- Daniel 2:19 recounts that “the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.”
- Move002002001012
- Ezra 4:10 recounts that Osnappar “deported and settled” conquered peoples “in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River.”
- Open002001001042
- This Open code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “unsealed; open” sense, not attested among this word's own occurrences.
- See002004001005
- This See code is inherited from the shared cluster's “uncover the eyes” idiom for revealing something visually; this word's own occurrences reveal a secret conceptually, never with “eyes” as the object.
- Undress002003001017
- This Undress code is inherited from the shared cluster's “uncover the body” idiom, which this word's own occurrences in Ezra and Daniel never show.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1541. gelah or gela
or gela
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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