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# גָּלוּ

Biblical Aramaic

**exile** — used 4 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

exile [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּלוּ: n.f. exile [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. exile;—emph. בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא i.e. exiles, Ezr 6:16; Dn 2:25; 5:13; 6:14 (cf.BH גּוֹלָה).

### Jastrow 1903

גָּלוּ

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. גָּלוּתָא

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (20 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of (4).

## In the verses

[Ezra 6:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.16/#tree)

וַעֲבַ֣דוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א וְלֵוָיֵ֜א וּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָ֗א חֲנֻכַּ֛ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה בְּחֶדְוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.made the.people of.Israel the priests and the Levites and the.rest of.the.people of the.exile the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this with joy

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

[Daniel 2:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.25/#tree)

אֱדַ֤יִן אַרְיוֹךְ֙ בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֔ה הַנְעֵ֥ל לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א וְכֵ֣ן אֲמַר־לֵ֗הּ דִּֽי־הַשְׁכַּ֤חַת גְּבַר֙ מִן־בְּנֵ֤י גָֽלוּתָא֙ דִּ֣י יְה֔וּד דִּ֥י פִשְׁרָ֖א לְמַלְכָּ֥א יְהוֹדַֽע׃

*Word for word:* then Arioch in haste he.brought.in (et) Daniel before the king and as.follows he.said to him (diy).that I.have.found a.man from the.sons of the.exile (diy).of Judah who the interpretation to the king he.will.make.known

*JPS 1917:* Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: 'I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5dc_5d5_5bc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b8_5bc_5dc_5d5_5bc/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).