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title: גָּלוּ — exile · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: גָּלוּ (lemma:גָּלוּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: exile. BDB 1906: n.f. exile. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלוּ

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«גָּלוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **exile** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:גָּלוּ · **BDB:** גָּלוּ

### Glosses

of (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. exile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. exile;—emph. בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא i.e. exiles, Ezr 6:16; Dn 2:25; 5:13; 6:14 (cf.BH גּוֹלָה).

### Jastrow 1903

גָּלוּ

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. גָּלוּתָא

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5dc_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.16/)

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וַעֲבַ֣דוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א וְלֵוָיֵ֜א וּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָ֗א חֲנֻכַּ֛ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה בְּחֶדְוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.made the.people of.Israel the priests and the Levites and the.rest of.the.people of the.exile the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this with joy

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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[Daniel 2:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.25/)

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אֱדַ֤יִן אַרְיוֹךְ֙ בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔ה הַנְעֵ֥ל לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א וְכֵ֣ן אֲמַר־לֵ֗הּ דִּֽי־הַשְׁכַּ֤חַת גְּבַר֙ מִן־בְּנֵ֤י גָֽלוּתָא֙ דִּ֣י יְה֔וּד דִּ֥י פִשְׁרָ֖א לְמַלְכָּ֥א יְהוֹדַֽע׃

*Word for word:* then Arioch in haste he.brought.in (et) Daniel before the king and as.follows he.said to him (diy).that I.have.found a.man from the.sons of the.exile (diy).of Judah who the interpretation to the king he.will.make.known

*JPS 1917:* Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: 'I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.'

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