# H1540 גָּלָה

גָּלָה (gâlâh), Strong’s H1540: to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal KJV: [phrase] advertise, appear…

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*gâlâh* — to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

KJV: [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity)…

Occurs 184 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- גָּלָה 189 vb. uncover, remove
- Qal
- 1 uncover the ear of one, i.e. reveal to him
- 2 intr. remove, depart
- 3 go into exile
- Niph.
- 1 refl.
- a uncover oneself (one’s nakedness)
- b discover or shew oneself
- 2 pass.
- a be uncovered (one’s nakedness)
- b be disclosed, discovered
- 3 be removed
- Pi.
- 1 uncover
- 2 disclose, discover, lay bare
- 3 make known, shew, reveal
- Pu. be uncovered
- Hiph. carry away into exile, take into exile
- Hoph. carried into exile
- Hithp.
- 1 was uncovered (naked)
- 2 that his heart may reveal itself

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 9:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=21) — He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
- [Genesis 35:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=7) — He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the…
- [Exodus 20:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=26) — You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’
- [Leviticus 18:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=6) — “‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
- [Leviticus 18:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=7) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall…
- [Leviticus 18:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=8) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
- [Leviticus 18:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=9) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother…
- [Leviticus 18:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=10) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness; for…
- [Leviticus 18:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=11) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your…
- [Leviticus 18:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/18?v=12) — “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.