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Strong's H1540 · Hebrew

galah

gaw-law'

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


Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H1540

H1540 גָּלָה uncover , remove . . uncover the ear of one, i.e. reveal to him . intr. remove , depart . go into exile . . refl. . uncover oneself (one’s nakedness) . discover or shew oneself . pass. . be uncovered (one’s nakedness) . be disclosed , discovered . be removed . . uncover . disclose , discover , lay bar e . make known , shew , reveal . be uncovered . carry away into exile , take into exile . carried into exile . . was uncovered (naked) . that his heart may reveal itself

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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