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1 Samuel 14:11

“And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

גָּלָהgâlâh · gaw-law'
H1540 · Hebrew
Definition
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּגָּל֣וּ — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/VNw3mp
Usage
Occurs 186 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:21Genesis 35:7Exodus 20:26Leviticus 18:6Leviticus 18:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גָּלָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.