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גָּלָה

To denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

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גָּלָה H1540
Pronunciation galah

What does גָּלָה (galah) mean in the Bible?

גָּלָה (galah): Exposure of shame or secrets; literal denudation bleeds into exile, disclosure, and divine revelation of hidden things.

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Questions this entry answers

What does גָּלָה (galah) mean in the Bible?

גָּלָה (galah): Exposure of shame or secrets; literal denudation bleeds into exile, disclosure, and divine revelation of hidden things.

How does the BSB render H1540?

The BSB source-word alignment has 186 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (14), he has uncovered (5), carried away (4), been revealed (3), carried into exile (3).

Where does גָּלָה (galah) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 9:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (26), Leviticus (24), Isaiah (17), 1 Samuel (15).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
. . . 14× Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:11, Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13
he has uncovered 5× Leviticus 20:11, Leviticus 20:17, Leviticus 20:20, Leviticus 20:21
carried away 4× Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 7:6, Jeremiah 52:28, Jeremiah 52:30
been revealed 3× 1 Samuel 3:7, Job 38:17, Isaiah 53:1
carried into exile 3× 2 Kings 25:11, 1 Chronicles 5:6, Jeremiah 52:15
into exile 3× 1 Chronicles 5:26, 1 Chronicles 6:15, Micah 1:16
to have sexual relations with her 3× Leviticus 18:14, Leviticus 18:15, Leviticus 18:19
will be exposed 3× Proverbs 26:26, Ezekiel 23:29, Hosea 7:1
will surely go into exile 3× Amos 5:5, Amos 7:11, Amos 7:17
- 2× Esther 2:6
and expose 2× Ezekiel 16:37, Micah 1:6
and exposed 2× Ezekiel 16:36, Ezekiel 23:18
and have sexual relations with her 2× Leviticus 18:17, Leviticus 18:18
and published 2× Esther 3:14, Esther 8:13
has departed 2× 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22
have sexual relations with 2× Leviticus 18:9, Leviticus 18:10
He opens 2× Job 33:16, Job 36:10
I have committed 2× Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 20:12
Open 2× Psalms 119:18, Jeremiah 32:14
was exiled 2× 2 Kings 17:23, 1 Chronicles 9:1
was taken into exile 2× 2 Kings 25:21, Jeremiah 52:27
went into exile 2× Jeremiah 1:3, Ezekiel 39:23
were exposed 2× 2 Samuel 22:16, Psalms 18:15
wide open 2× Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16
will be revealed 2× Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 56:1
[and] revealed 1× Psalms 98:2
[the city] be exiled 1× Nahum 2:7
after their exile 1× Ezekiel 39:28
an exile 1× 2 Samuel 15:19
an open 1× Proverbs 27:5
and carried away 1× 2 Kings 17:6
and go 1× Ezekiel 12:3
and has sexual relations with her 1× Leviticus 20:18
and he took the people as captives 1× 2 Kings 15:29
and he will carry them away 1× Jeremiah 20:4
and opens 1× Job 36:15
and removed 1× Isaiah 38:12
and reveal 1× Jeremiah 33:6
and show ourselves 1× 1 Samuel 14:8
and tell 1× 1 Samuel 20:12
and uncover 1× Ruth 3:4
and uncovered himself 1× Genesis 9:21
and were exiled 1× 1 Chronicles 8:6
bare 1× Isaiah 47:2
be exposed 1× Exodus 20:26
been exiled 1× Jeremiah 40:7
betray 1× Isaiah 16:3
betraying 1× Proverbs 25:9
but the things revealed 1× Deuteronomy 29:29
by having sexual relations with 1× Leviticus 18:7
can strip off 1× Job 41:13
carried 1× Jeremiah 39:9
carried them into exile 1× 1 Chronicles 8:7
Did I not clearly reveal Myself 1× 1 Samuel 2:27
dishonor 1× Deuteronomy 22:30
exiled 1× 2 Kings 18:11
expose 1× Lamentations 2:14
exposed 1× Ezekiel 23:10
exposing 1× Ezekiel 21:24
go into exile 1× Amos 6:7
had been carried into exile 1× Esther 2:6
had carried away 1× Jeremiah 24:1
had carried into exile 1× Jeremiah 29:1
had driven out 1× 2 Kings 17:11
had revealed 1× 1 Samuel 9:15
had revealed Himself 1× Genesis 35:7
has been carried into exile 1× Jeremiah 13:19
has gone into exile 1× Lamentations 1:3
has revealed 1× Isaiah 22:14
has uncovered 1× Leviticus 20:18
has uncovered himself 1× 2 Samuel 6:20
have been stripped off 1× Jeremiah 13:22
have revealed 1× 1 Chronicles 17:25
have revealed [this] 1× 2 Samuel 7:27
have sexual relations with her 1× Leviticus 18:7
He carried into exile 1× 2 Kings 24:14
he has violated 1× Deuteronomy 27:20
He reveals 1× Job 12:22
He took its people 1× 2 Kings 16:9
he was exiled 1× Jeremiah 22:12
He who reveals 1× Proverbs 20:19
He will expose 1× Lamentations 4:22
I have sent you as exiles 1× Jeremiah 29:7
I sent 1× Jeremiah 29:14
I should inform 1× Ruth 4:4
I was exiled 1× Isaiah 49:21
I will expose 1× Hosea 2:10
I will lift 1× Nahum 3:5
I will uncover 1× Jeremiah 49:10
if I do not tell 1× 1 Samuel 20:13
in airing 1× Proverbs 18:2
is exiled 1× Isaiah 24:11
is exposed 1× Ezekiel 13:14
is removed 1× Proverbs 27:25
it has been taken from them into exile 1× Hosea 10:5
Nebuchadnezzar carried away 1× 2 Kings 24:15
of the captives 1× Amos 6:7
of the captivity 1× Judges 18:30
opened 1× Numbers 22:31
or exile 1× Jeremiah 43:3
or revealed 1× 1 Samuel 22:8
remove 1× Isaiah 47:2
revealed Himself 1× 1 Samuel 3:21
revealing 1× Amos 3:7
reveals 1× Proverbs 11:13
Show yourselves 1× Isaiah 49:9
showed themselves 1× 1 Samuel 14:11
taken captive 1× Jeremiah 13:19
tell 1× 1 Samuel 22:17
telling 1× 1 Samuel 20:2
the open copy 1× Jeremiah 32:11
Therefore I will send you into exile 1× Amos 5:27
they exiled 1× Amos 1:6
they had been carried away 1× 2 Kings 17:33
they had carried away 1× 2 Kings 17:28
they have uncovered 1× Ezekiel 22:10
to have sexual relations 1× Leviticus 18:6
told 1× 1 Samuel 22:8
uncovered 1× Ruth 3:7
was revealed 1× Daniel 10:1
was uncovered 1× Ezekiel 16:57
were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile 1× 2 Chronicles 36:20
When [Oholibah] openly 1× Ezekiel 23:18
when he carried 1× Jeremiah 27:20
who were being exiled 1× Jeremiah 40:1
who were carried away 1× Jeremiah 29:4
will be exiled 1× Amos 1:5
will be removed 1× Job 20:28
will be uncovered 1× Isaiah 47:3
will expose 1× Job 20:27
will go into exile 1× Isaiah 5:13
will reveal 1× Isaiah 26:21
Word has reached 1× Isaiah 23:1
would [do] 1× 2 Samuel 6:20
you carried off 1× 2 Kings 17:27
you have removed 1× 2 Kings 17:26
you uncovered 1× Isaiah 57:8
your exile 1× Lamentations 4:22
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 9:21 וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל to and uncovered himself Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Genesis 35:7 נִגְל֤וּ to had revealed Himself Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Exodus 20:26 תִגָּלֶ֥ה to be exposed Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Leviticus 18:6 לְגַלּ֣וֹת to to have sexual relations Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Leviticus 18:7 תְגַלֵּ֑ה to by having sexual relations with Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Leviticus 18:7 תְגַלֶּ֖ה to have sexual relations with her Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Leviticus 18:8 תְגַלֵּ֑ה to . . . Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Leviticus 18:9 תְגַלֶּ֖ה to have sexual relations with Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Leviticus 18:10 תְגַלֶּ֖ה to have sexual relations with Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Leviticus 18:11 תְגַלֶּ֖ה to . . . Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 9:21
Aligned rows 186
Books represented 27
Genesis 2 Exodus 1 Leviticus 24 Numbers 3 Deuteronomy 3 Judges 1 Ruth 3 1 Samuel 15 2 Samuel 6 2 Kings 14 1 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 1 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 1 Esther 5 Job 8 Psalms 3 Proverbs 7 Isaiah 17 Jeremiah 26 Lamentations 4 Ezekiel 14 Daniel 1 Hosea 3 Amos 12 Micah 2 Nahum 2
Source forms
תְגַלֵּ֑ה 9x ṯə·ḡal·lêh Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13
תְגַלֶּ֖ה 5x ṯə·ḡal·leh Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:9, Leviticus 18:10, Leviticus 18:11
גִּלָּ֖ה 3x gil·lāh Leviticus 20:17, Leviticus 20:21, Lamentations 4:22
גָּלָ֥ה 3x gā·lāh 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, Isaiah 5:13
הֶגְלָ֔ה 3x heḡ·lāh 1 Chronicles 5:6, Nehemiah 7:6, Esther 2:6
יִגְלֶ֖ה 3x yiḡ·leh 1 Samuel 20:2, Amos 7:11, Amos 7:17
גִּלָּ֑ה 2x gil·lāh Leviticus 20:11, Leviticus 20:20
גָּלָ֖ה 2x gā·lāh 1 Samuel 9:15, Isaiah 24:11
Parsing patterns
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 14x Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:8, Leviticus 18:9, Leviticus 18:10
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular 11x 2 Kings 17:11, 2 Kings 25:11, 1 Chronicles 5:6, Ezra 2:1
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 9x Leviticus 20:11, Leviticus 20:17, Leviticus 20:20, Leviticus 20:21
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 8x 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, 1 Samuel 9:15, Proverbs 27:25
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 6x Isaiah 22:14, Isaiah 38:12, Isaiah 40:5, Ezekiel 13:14
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 5x 1 Samuel 20:2, Job 33:16, Amos 5:5, Amos 7:11
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 4x 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 18:11, 2 Kings 24:15, 2 Chronicles 36:20
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 4x 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 25:21, Job 36:10, Jeremiah 52:27
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