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גְּלָה gᵉlâh — (Aramaic), corresponding to H1540

pronounced ghel-aw' · Strong's H1541 · 9 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 3 stems: Pe'al, Haph'el, Pe'il

Translated in the KJV as bring over, carry away, reveal.

(Aramaic) or גְּלָא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1540.

gᵉlâh in each stem

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 4Infinitive construct 1

גָּלֵ֥א Dan 2:22 Participle (active), masculine singular

He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (KJV)

גָּלֵ֣א Dan 2:28 Participle (active), masculine singular

But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; (KJV)

וְגָלֵ֧א Dan 2:29 Participle (active), masculine singular

As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. (KJV)

Haph'el

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2

הַגְלִי֙ Ezra 4:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. (KJV)

הַגְלִ֥י Ezra 5:12 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. (KJV)

Pe'il

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 2

גֲלִ֑י Dan 2:19 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. (KJV)

גֱּלִ֣י Dan 2:30 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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