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title: גָּלוּת — exile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלוּת (1546), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: exile. BDB 1906: n.f. exile. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלוּת

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«גָּלוּת» in the Tanakh 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 1546 · **BDB:** גָּלוּת

### Glosses

the.exile\[s\] (7); exile (4); the.exile (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1546/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. exile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1546/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. exile—Is 20:4 + 9 times; גָּלֻת Ob 20:20; sf. גָּלוּתִי Is 45:13, גָּלוּתֵינוּ Ez 33:21; 40:1 (Qameṣ unchangeable);— abs. exile, 2 K 25:27 Je 52:31 Ez 1:2; 33:21; 40:1. coll. exiles Am 1:6, 9 Ob 20, גלות כושׁ Is 20:4, גלות יהודה Je 24:5; 28:4; 29:22; 40:1, גלותי ישׁלח he shall let my exiles (Yahweh’s) go free Is 45:13; vid. LagArm. Stud. § 445.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1546/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.2/)

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בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הִ֚יא הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֔ית לְגָל֖וּת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יוֹיָכִֽין׃

*Word for word:* on.\[day\] five of the month it \[was\].the year (the) fifth of the.exile of the.king Jehoiachin

*JPS 1917:* In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

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[Isaiah 20:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.20.4/)

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כֵּ֣ן יִנְהַ֣ג מֶֽלֶךְ־אַ֠שּׁוּר אֶת־שְׁבִ֨י מִצְרַ֜יִם וְאֶת־גָּל֥וּת כּ֛וּשׁ נְעָרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים עָר֣וֹם וְיָחֵ֑ף וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י שֵׁ֖ת עֶרְוַ֥ת מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* so he.will.lead.away the.king of.Assyria (et) the.captive\[s\] of.Egypt and (et) the.exile\[s\] of.Cush young.men and old.\[men\] naked and barefoot and bared of.buttock the.nakedness of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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