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bgly, bglyˀ (baḡlē/biḡlay, bəḡelyā) adv. openly, manifestly
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openly, publicly
JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Joel4:7↗ הָאֲנָא מֵיתֵי לְהוֹן בִגלַי מִן אַתרָא דְזַבֵינתוּן יָתְהוֹן לְתַמָן‏ : I am about to bring them openly from the place whither you sold them ; TgJ Na2:8↗ וֻמַלכְתַא יָתְבָא צִיבָא בְגַלַיָא נְפַקַת וְאַמהָתַהָא מִידַבְרָן אָזְלָן בָתְרַהָא‏ : the queen went out openly sitting in the litter while her maids were be led along after her ; CPAHor 253:3↗ ܕܦܨܐ ܝܬ݁ܢ ܒܓܘܠܝܗ ܡܢ ܠܘܛܐ ܕܣܝܟܠܬܐ‏ : who openly saved us from sin's curse ; P Mt6:4↗ ܘܲܐܒ݂ܘ݂ܟ݂ ܕ݁ܚܵܙܸܐ ܒ݁ܟ݂ܸܣܝܵܐ܃ ܗܘ݂ ܢܸܦ݂ܪܥܵܟ݂ ܒ݁ܓ݂ܸܠܝܵܐ‏ : your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly ; P Jn7:4↗ ܨܵܒ݂ܸܐ ܗܘ݂ ܕ݁ܲܒ݂ܓ݂ܸܠܝܵܐ ܢܸܗܘܸܐ‏ ; TgTosPr Isaiah.41:2↗ מן איתי בגלי ממדנחא אברהם בחיר צדיקא‏
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idioms:
Syr
(1)
with eye, face, neck: openly, boldly, i.e. in public and unashamed
Syr
BHcar 3:12 ܥܐ݁ܠܝܢ ܩܘܕܡܬ ܨ݁ܐܪ ܟܘܠܐ ܒܓܠܐ ܨܘܪܐ‏ : they enter open-necked before the shaper of all ; JulSok 165(79):14↗ ܘܥܝܢܒܓܠܐ ܡܟܣ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܠܪܫܝܥܐ݂܂ ܘܡ݁ܟܘܢ ܠܗ ܩܕܡ ܟܢ̈ܫܝܗ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ‏ : he was publicly shaming the wicked one and rebuking him in front of the city's assembly ; IshNum 109:11↗ ܕܥܝܢ ܒܓܠܐ ܚ݁ܙܐ ܗܘܐ܂ ܟܕܡܢ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܟܣܐ ܪܡ݁ܙ‏
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with rEy$: ibid.
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Jer31:7↗ דוּצוּ בְרֵיש גְלֵי לְעֵינֵי כָל עַמְמַיָא‏ : rejoice openly in the sight of all the nations ; IfOurMouth8a↗ ואפקנא בריש גלי לעין כל מעיקין‏
(1)
unveiled
Syr
LSt.21:12↗ ܪܗܛܬ݁ ܒܓܠܐ ܪܫܐ ܒܝܢܬ ܓܒܪ̈ܐ‏ : she ran unveiled among males ; ICor11:13↗ ܵܐܸܐ ܠܲܐܢܼܬ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ ܕ݁ܟ݂ܲܕ݂ ܓ݁ܠܸܐ ܪܼܫܵܗ ܬ݁ܨܲܠܸܐ ܠܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ‏ : it is proper for a woman to pray to God unveiled
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JLA בִגלַי and (error!?) בְגַלַיָא ; CPA ܒܓܘܠܐܝ
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"Unveiled" is probably the original meaning of all of the idiomatic forms.
See also s.v. lglyˀ.
In spite of the dialectal differences in vocalization, all examples should be seen as developments from a single original form based on the G p.p.

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