H1541 H1541
To reveal, disclose hidden things (Aramaic); also: to exile, deport (Hebrew Haphel/Hiphil)
An Aramaic verb appearing in the biblical text with two sharply distinct senses drawn from related but divergent semantic developments. In Daniel 2, gela' means 'to reveal' or 'to disclose' -- God is celebrated as the one who 'reveals deep and hidden things' (Dan 2:22), who 'revealed the mystery to Daniel in a night vision' (Dan 2:19). Spanish captures this beautifully with 'revela' and 'fue revelado.' The second sense, attested in Ezra 4:10 and 5:12, is the Haphel form meaning 'to exile, carry into captivity' -- referring to Nebuchadnezzar's deportation of Judah. Both senses derive from the root galah ('to uncover'), but the semantic distance between revealing secrets and forcing populations into exile is striking.
Senses
1. to reveal, disclose (Aramaic) — To reveal, disclose, or make known hidden things -- Aramaic Pe'al and Pe'il forms used exclusively in Daniel 2:19-47. God is the agent of revelation: the Pe'al participle gale' ('revealer') appears in Dan 2:22 ('He reveals deep and hidden things') and Dan 2:28-29 ('there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries'). The Pe'il (passive) form geli describes the mystery as 'revealed' to Daniel (Dan 2:19, 30). Spanish 'revela' and 'fue revelado' map naturally to the active and passive; English similarly distinguishes 'revealing' from 'was-revealed.' 7×
AR["كَاشِفُ","كُشِفَ","لِ-تَكْشِفَ","وَ-كَاشِفُ"]·ben["এবং-প্রকাশক","এবং-যিনি-প্রকাশ-করেন","প্রকাশ-করতে","প্রকাশ-করেন","প্রকাশিত-হয়েছে","প্রকাশিত-হল","যিনি-প্রকাশ-করেন"]·DE["[גלא]","[גלי]","[וגלא]","[וגלה]","[למגלא]"]·EN["and-Revealer-of","and-the-Revealer-of","revealing","reveals","to-reveal","was-revealed"]·FR["et-révéler","révéler"]·heb["גולה","ו-גולה","לגלות","נגלה"]·HI["और-प्रकट-करने-वाला","प्रकट-करता-है","प्रकट-करने-में","प्रकट-करने-वाला","प्रकट-हुआ"]·ID["dan-penyingkap","dan-yang-menyingkapkan","dinyatakan","menyingkapkan","untuk-menyingkapkan","yang-menyingkapkan"]·IT["[גלא]","[גלי]","[וגלא]","[למגלא]","e-esilio"]·jav["dipun-bukak","kang-mbukak","kangge-mbukak","lan-kang-mbukak","mbukak"]·KO["그리고-드러내시는-분이","그리고-드러내시는-분이신","드러났다","드러내도록","드러내시는","드러내신다"]·PT["e-o-revelador-de","e-revelador-de","foi-revelado","revela","revelador-de","revelar"]·RU["и-Открывающий","открывающий","открыта","открыть"]·ES["fue-revelado","me-fue-revelado","que-revela","revela","revelar","y-el-revelador-de","y-revelador-de"]·SW["anafunua","anayefunua","ilifunuliwa","imefunuliwa","kufunua","na-anayefunua","na-mfunuaji-wa"]·TR["açıklandı","açığa-çıkarmaya","açığa-çıkarır","ve-açığa-çıkaran"]·urd["اور-ظاہر-کرنے-والا","ظاہر-کرنے","ظاہر-کرنے-والا","ظاہر-ہوا"]
2. to exile, carry into captivity (Hifil) — To exile or carry into captivity -- Haphel (Aramaic causative) perfect form hagli, attested in Ezra 4:10 and 5:12. Refers to the Babylonian deportation: Nebuchadnezzar 'exiled' the people of Judah to Babylon. English renders 'exiled,' Spanish 'desterro' (banished). Though sharing the root galah ('to uncover') with the revelatory sense, this meaning develops from the idea of 'uncovering' a land -- stripping it of its inhabitants. The domain shift from cognition (revealing) to forced movement (deportation) is one of the more dramatic semantic splits in biblical Aramaic. 2×
AR["سَباهُ","سَبَاهُم"]·ben["নির্বাসিত-করলেন","নির্বাসিত-করেছিলেন"]·DE["[הגלי]"]·EN["exiled"]·FR["[הגלי]"]·heb["הגלי"]·HI["बंदी-बनाया","ले-गया"]·ID["dibuangnya","dipindahkan"]·IT["esilio"]·jav["dhateng-Babel","sampun-mbucal"]·KO["사로잡아갔다","사로잡아갔던"]·PT["deportou","exilou"]·RU["переселил"]·ES["desterró"]·SW["aliwahamisha"]·TR["surgune-goturdu","surgune-goturmustu"]·urd["جلاوطن-کیا"]
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [גְּלָא, גְּלָה] vb. reveal (BH גָּלָה uncover, reveal);— Pe. reveal secrets, human agent: Inf. לְמִגְלֵא Dn 2:47; of God, Pt. act. גָּלֵא v 22, 28, 29, 47. Peʿîl Pf. גֲּלִי v 19, גֱּלִי v 30, revealed (WCG 225 Nö LCB, 1896, 703);—of secret, c. ל pers. Haph. take into exile (BH Hiph.), Pf. 3 ms. הַגְלִי, c. acc. pers. Ezr 4:10; 5:12 (ל loc.).