Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV Usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
הֶגְלָם (ga.lah) — Heglam. A man of the tribe of Benjamin living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.7; son of: Ehud (H0164); brother of: Naaman (H5283J), Ahijah (H0281K), Uzza (H5798H) and Ahihud (H0284); also called Heglam (KJV: "removed"; NIV: "deported") at 1Ch.8.7; Another name of ge.ra (גֵּרָא "Gera" H1617J) to reveal oneself
גָּלָה (ga.lah) — to reveal: reveal. : reveal[information] 1) to uncover, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to uncover 1a2) to remove, depart 1a3) to go into exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) (reflexive) 1b1a) to uncover oneself 1b1b) to discover or show oneself 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God) 1b2) (passive) 1b2a) to be uncovered 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered 1b2c) to be revealed 1b3) to be removed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to uncover (nakedness) 1c1a) nakedness 1c1b) general 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare 1c3) to make known, show, reveal 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile 1g) (Hithpael) 1g1) to be uncovered 1g2) to reveal oneself
גָּלָה (ga.lah) — to reveal: uncover. : uncover[things] 1) to uncover, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to uncover 1a2) to remove, depart 1a3) to go into exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) (reflexive) 1b1a) to uncover oneself 1b1b) to discover or show oneself 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God) 1b2) (passive) 1b2a) to be uncovered 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered 1b2c) to be revealed 1b3) to be removed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to uncover (nakedness) 1c1a) nakedness 1c1b) general 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare 1c3) to make known, show, reveal 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile 1g) (Hithpael) 1g1) to be uncovered 1g2) to reveal oneself
גָּלָה (ga.lah) — to reveal: proclaim. : proclaim[message] 1) to uncover, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to uncover 1a2) to remove, depart 1a3) to go into exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) (reflexive) 1b1a) to uncover oneself 1b1b) to discover or show oneself 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God) 1b2) (passive) 1b2a) to be uncovered 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered 1b2c) to be revealed 1b3) to be removed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to uncover (nakedness) 1c1a) nakedness 1c1b) general 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare 1c3) to make known, show, reveal 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile 1g) (Hithpael) 1g1) to be uncovered 1g2) to reveal oneself
גָּלָה (ga.lah) — to reveal: remove. : remove/exile 1) to uncover, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to uncover 1a2) to remove, depart 1a3) to go into exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) (reflexive) 1b1a) to uncover oneself 1b1b) to discover or show oneself 1b1c) to reveal himself (of God) 1b2) (passive) 1b2a) to be uncovered 1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered 1b2c) to be revealed 1b3) to be removed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to uncover (nakedness) 1c1a) nakedness 1c1b) general 1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare 1c3) to make known, show, reveal 1d) (Pual) to be uncovered 1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile 1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile 1g) (Hithpael) 1g1) to be uncovered 1g2) to reveal oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · גֹּולָה · גָּלוּת · גִּלָּיֹון
Hear | verb qal
Collocation: גלה אֹזֶן
to uncover (someone's) ear(s) > to open (someone's) ear(s) literally: to uncover (someone's) ear(s); hence: = causative action by which a deity enables a human being to hear certain things, as that person's ears had been covered before
Know | verb qal, verb nif | ≠ סתר
Collocation: גלה אֹזֶן
to reveal literally: to uncover (someone's) ear; hence: = causative action by which a deity or human being discloses previously unknown information to someone else
RUT 4:4 · 1SA 9:15 · 1SA 20:2 · 1SA 20:12 · 1SA 20:13 · 1SA 22:8 · 1SA 22:8 · 1SA 22:17 · 2SA 7:27 · 1CH 17:25 · ISA 22:14
Move | verb qal | ≈ סור
to go into exile literally: to uncover (an area); hence: = causative process by which a group of people leave their country because they are forced to settle somewhere else for an indefinite amount of time
JDG 18:30 · 1SA 4:21 · 1SA 4:22 · 2SA 15:19 · 2KI 17:23 · 2KI 24:14 · 2KI 25:21 · JOB 20:28 · PRO 27:25 · ISA 5:13 · ISA 24:11 · ISA 49:21 · JER 1:3 · JER 52:27 · LAM 1:3 · EZK 12:3 · EZK 12:3 · EZK 39:23 · HOS 10:5 · AMO 1:5 · AMO 5:5 · AMO 5:5 · AMO 6:7 · AMO 6:7 · AMO 7:11 · AMO 7:11 · AMO 7:17 · AMO 7:17 · MIC 1:16
Move | verb hif, verb nif, verb pu'al, verb hof | ≈ לכד · תפשׂ | ≠ כנס
to take captive literally: to uncover (an area); hence: = causative action by which a group of people is forced to leave their country to settle somewhere else for an indefinite amount of time
2KI 15:29 · 2KI 16:9 · 2KI 17:6 · 2KI 17:11 · 2KI 17:26 · 2KI 17:27 · 2KI 17:28 · 2KI 17:33 · 2KI 18:11 · 2KI 24:14 · 2KI 24:15 · 2KI 25:11 · 1CH 5:6 · 1CH 5:26 · 1CH 5:41 · 1CH 8:6 · 1CH 8:7 · 1CH 9:1 · 2CH 36:20 · EZR 2:1 · EZR 4:10 · EZR 5:12 · NEH 7:6 · EST 2:6 · EST 2:6 · EST 2:6 · ISA 38:12 · JER 13:19 · JER 13:19 · JER 20:4 · JER 22:12 · JER 24:1 · JER 27:20 · JER 29:1 · JER 29:4 · JER 29:7 · JER 29:14 · JER 39:9 · JER 40:1 · JER 40:7 · JER 43:3 · JER 52:15 · JER 52:28 · JER 52:30 · LAM 4:22 · EZK 39:28 · AMO 1:6 · AMO 5:27 · NAM 2:8
Open | verb qal sg
unsealed, open literally: uncovered; hence: = state in which a scroll is unsealed so that its information is public
See | verb pi, verb qal
Collocation: גלה עֵנַיִם
to uncover (someone's) eyes > to open (someone's) eyes literally: to uncover (someone's) eyes; hence: = causative action by which a deity enables a human being to see certain things, as that person's eyes had been covered before
NUM 22:31 · NUM 24:4 · NUM 24:16 · PSA 119:18
See | verb nif | ≈ יצא
to reveal oneself, to show oneself literally: to uncover oneself; hence: = action by which a deity or human being causes himself to become visible to others
GEN 35:7 · 1SA 2:27 · 1SA 2:27 · 1SA 3:21 · 1SA 14:8 · 1SA 14:11 · ISA 49:9
See | verb nif | ≈ ראה
to be laid bare, to become visible literally: to be uncovered; hence: = process by which an object becomes visible because other objects that used to cover them are removed
See | verb pi, verb nif | ≈ ראה | ≠ סתר
to expose, to disclose, to flaunt literally: to uncover; hence: = causative action by which a human being or deity causes an object or event to become visible to others
JOB 38:17 · ISA 16:3 · ISA 26:21 · JER 33:6 · JER 49:10 · EZK 23:18 · HOS 2:12 · MIC 1:6
Know | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to be revealed, open literally: to be exposed; hence: = process by which certain information becomes publicly available
DEU 29:28 · EST 3:14 · EST 8:13 · PRO 26:26 · PRO 27:5 · ISA 53:1 · EZK 16:57 · EZK 21:29 · HOS 7:1
Know | verb pi, verb hit, verb nif, verb pu'al | ≈ יצא לָאֹור | ≠ כסה
to unveil, to reveal literally: to expose; hence: = causative action by which a deity or human being causes certain information to become available to someone else
1SA 3:7 · JOB 12:22 · JOB 20:27 · PSA 98:2 · PRO 11:13 · PRO 18:2 · PRO 20:19 · PRO 25:9 · ISA 23:1 · JER 11:20 · JER 20:12 · LAM 2:14 · LAM 4:22 · DAN 2:19 · DAN 2:22 · DAN 2:28 · DAN 2:29 · DAN 2:30 · DAN 2:47 · DAN 2:47 · DAN 10:1 · AMO 3:7
Undress | verb pi
to disrobe literally: to uncover (oneself); hence: = action by which someone takes off his/her clothes, either entirely or in part, ► as a result of which that person becomes naked or improperly dressed, ≈ which brings shame on that person and to those who stand in a close relation to them
Undress | verb nif, verb hit
to uncover oneself literally: to uncover (oneself); hence: = action by which someone takes off his/her clothes, either entirely or in part, ► as a result of which that person becomes naked or improperly dressed, ≈ which is considered a shameful thing to do
Undress | verb pi, verb nif, verb pu'al
to uncover (part of someone's) body literally: to uncover; hence: = causative action by which someone causes someone else to take off his/her clothes, either entirely or in part, ► as a result of which that person becomes naked or improperly dressed, ≈ which brings shame on that person and to those who stand in a close relation to them
EXO 20:26 · LEV 18:6 · LEV 18:7 · LEV 18:7 · LEV 18:8 · LEV 18:9 · LEV 18:10 · LEV 18:11 · LEV 18:12 · LEV 18:13 · LEV 18:14 · LEV 18:15 · LEV 18:15 · LEV 18:16 · LEV 18:17 · LEV 18:17 · LEV 18:18 · LEV 18:19 · LEV 20:11 · LEV 20:17 · LEV 20:18 · LEV 20:18 · LEV 20:19 · LEV 20:20 · LEV 20:21 · DEU 23:1 · DEU 27:20 · RUT 3:4 · RUT 3:7 · JOB 41:5 · ISA 22:8 · ISA 47:2 · ISA 47:2 · ISA 47:3 · JER 13:22 · EZK 16:36 · EZK 16:37 · EZK 22:10 · EZK 23:10 · EZK 23:18 · EZK 23:29 · NAM 2:8 · NAM 3:5
1 NAM 2:8 RSV ESV "stripped" CEV "disgraced" = [1c] | NIV NJPS NRSV "exiled" REB "in exile" GNT "taken captive" = [1n] | NJB "opened" 2 1CH 8:7 RSV NRSV ESV read הֶגְלָם as a personal name
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גָּלָה 189 vb. uncover, remove Qal uncover the ear of one, i.e. reveal to him
intr. remove, depart
go into exile
Niph. refl. uncover oneself (one’s nakedness)
discover or shew oneself
pass. be uncovered (one’s nakedness)
be disclosed, discovered
be removed
Pi. uncover
disclose, discover, lay bare
make known, shew, reveal
Pu. be uncovered
Hiph. carry away into exile, take into exile
Hoph. carried into exile
Hithp. was uncovered (naked)
that his heart may reveal itself
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