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title: גָּלַע — expose · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּלַע (1566), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: expose. BDB 1906: vb. expose, lay bare disclose oneself, break out. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּלַע

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«גָּלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **expose** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1566 · **BDB:** גָּלַע

### Glosses

he.breaks.out (2); it.has.broken.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

expose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1566/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. expose, lay bare disclose oneself, break out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1566/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. expose, lay bare (NH Pi. disclose, make known; cf. Arabic جَلَعَ (Frey) a. exuit (vestem), removit (praeputium); جُلُوعٌ nuda fuit (femina); b. جَلِعَ patuit (os) labiis non tegentibus dentes; impudica fuit (mulier); comp. also Syriac ܓܠܰܥ circumcise (in Lexx.); Ethiopic ገልዕ cortex, crusta, testa; GrMonatsschr. 1884, 24 f.; Schult Thes De Pr 17:14 Fl in De, Now Str \& most der. Heb. meaning from Arabic b; shew the teeth, then snarl, quarrel (cf. Arabic conj. iii), but v. Grl.c.)—only Pf. הִתְגַּלַּע Pr 17:14; Impf. יִתְגַּלָּ֑ע Pr 18:1; 20:3;—disclose oneself, break out, Pr 17:14 subj. רִיב; break or burst out in contention, strife Pr. 20:3 subj. כָּל־אֱוִיל; similarly 18:1 (sq. בְּ against; Grl.c. proposes יִלְעַג or יַלְעִיג).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1566/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.1/)

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לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

*Word for word:* (to) desire he.seeks \[one.who\].separates.himself on all sound.wisdom he.breaks.out

*JPS 1917:* He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest against all sound wisdom.

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[Proverbs 17:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.14/)

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פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[is.one.who\].lets.out water \[the\].beginning of.strife and before it.has.broken.out the dispute abandon

*JPS 1917:* The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.

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