Lexicon
גְּלָא
ge.lah
H1541
A:V Hebrew

to reveal

9
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

ge.lah denotes making mysteries known in Daniel and removing people to another place in Ezra.

The dominant attested use concerns the disclosure of mysteries or hidden matters: Daniel 2:19, Daniel 2:22, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29, Daniel 2:30, and Daniel 2:47 place it in statements about a mystery being made known or a revealer of mysteries. In Ezra 4:10 and Ezra 5:12, it instead occurs in clauses describing peoples being removed or carried away.

Senses in use

  1. Making mysteries or hidden matters known · dominant

    In Daniel 2:19 and Daniel 2:30, the Qal passive perfect form occurs where a mystery is presented as having been disclosed to Daniel. The active participles in Daniel 2:22, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29, and Daniel 2:47 occur in clauses about a revealer of deep, hidden, or mysterious matters; in Daniel 2:47 the APB renders both the description of God and Daniel's action with “revealer” and “reveal.”

  2. Removing or carrying people away · occasional

    In Ezra 4:10, the Hiphil perfect form stands in the clause about peoples whom Osnappar removed and settled in Samarian cities. In Ezra 5:12, the same supplied morphology occurs in the statement that Nebuchadnezzar carried the people away to Babylon.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the Daniel verses, the APB presents the relevant clauses with “revealed,” “reveals,” “revealer,” and “reveal,” while Ezra 4:10 and Ezra 5:12 use “removed” and “carried... away.” These are renderings of whole translated clauses rather than definitions.

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