גּוֹלָה gôwlâh — exile
Translated in the KJV as captive, removing.
or (shortened) גֹּלָה; active participle feminine of H1540; exile; concretely and collectively exiles.
gôwlâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
גּוֹלֶ֔ה 2Kgs 24:14 Participle (active), masculine singular
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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 ›
