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# גָּלַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1566

**expose** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

expose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1566/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּלַע: vb. expose, lay bare disclose oneself, break out [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1566/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. expose, lay bare (NH Pi. disclose, make known; cf. Arabic جَلَعَ (Frey) a. exuit (vestem), removit (praeputium); جُلُوعٌ nuda fuit (femina); b. جَلِعَ patuit (os) labiis non tegentibus dentes; impudica fuit (mulier); comp. also Syriac ܓܠܰܥ circumcise (in Lexx.); Ethiopic ገልዕ cortex, crusta, testa; GrMonatsschr. 1884, 24 f.; Schult Thes De Pr 17:14 Fl in De, Now Str & most der. Heb. meaning from Arabic b; shew the teeth, then snarl, quarrel (cf. Arabic conj. iii), but v. Grl.c.)—only Pf. הִתְגַּלַּע Pr 17:14; Impf. יִתְגַּלָּ֑ע Pr 18:1; 20:3;—disclose oneself, break out, Pr 17:14 subj. רִיב; break or burst out in contention, strife Pr. 20:3 subj. כָּל־אֱוִיל; similarly 18:1 (sq. בְּ against; Grl.c. proposes יִלְעַג or יַלְעִיג).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he breaks out (2); it has broken out (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 18:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.1/#tree)

לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

*Word for word:* (to) desire he.seeks \[one.who\].separates.himself on all sound.wisdom he.breaks.out

*JPS 1917:* He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest against all sound wisdom.

[Proverbs 17:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.14/#tree)

פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[is.one.who\].lets.out water \[the\].beginning of.strife and before it.has.broken.out the dispute abandon

*JPS 1917:* The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1566.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1566/): 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).