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2 Kings 18:11
“And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גָּלָהgâlâh · gaw-law'
H1540 · Hebrew
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
- יֶּ֧גֶל — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- 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.
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.