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גלה

Biblical Aramaic

reveal — used 9 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

reveal tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גְּלָא: vb. reveal Peʿîl Hiph. tree →

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.).

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

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [one who] reveals (2); he took into exile (2); [is] revealing (1).

In the verses

Daniel 2:22 · tree →

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.

Daniel 2:19 · tree →

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.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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