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title: גלה — reveal · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: גלה (lemma:גלה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 9 times: reveal. BDB 1906: vb. reveal Peʿîl Hiph. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גלה

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«גלה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **reveal** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:גלה · **BDB:** גְּלָא

### Glosses

\[one.who\].reveals (2); he.took.into.exile (2); \[is\].revealing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reveal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5dc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. reveal Peʿîl Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5dc_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. reveal (BH גָּלָה uncover, reveal);— reveal secrets, human agent: Inf. לְמִגְלֵא Dn 2:47; of God, Pt. act. גָּלֵא v 22, 28, 29, 47. Peʿîl Pf. גֲּלִי v 19, גֱּלִי v 30, revealed (WCG 225 Nö LCB, 1896, 703);—of secret, c. ל pers. take into exile (BH Hiph.), Pf. 3 ms. הַגְלִי, c. acc. pers. Ezr 4:10; 5:12 (ל loc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גלה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5dc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.22/)

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ה֛וּא גָּלֵ֥א עַמִּיקָתָ֖א וּמְסַתְּרָתָ֑א יָדַע֙ מָ֣ה בַחֲשׁוֹכָ֔א וּנְהוֹרָ֖א עִמֵּ֥הּ שְׁרֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* he \[is\].revealing (the).deep \[things\] and.(the) hidden \[things\] \[he.is\].knowing what? \[is\].in the darkness and the light with him \[is\].dwelling

*JPS 1917:* He revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him.

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[Daniel 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.19/)

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אֱדַ֗יִן לְדָנִיֵּ֛אל בְּחֶזְוָ֥א דִֽי־לֵילְיָ֖א רָזָ֣ה גֲלִ֑י אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל בָּרִ֖ךְ לֶאֱלָ֥הּ שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* then to Daniel in the vision (diy).of the night the secret it.was.revealed then Daniel he.blessed (et).the God of the.heavens

*JPS 1917:* Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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