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gly (a/e) vb. to uncover; D to exile
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Gpəˁalto uncover3 senses▶
1
to uncover
Common Aramaic
(1)
to show, reveal
Common Aramaic
TAD A4.2R.8↗ הנלו גלין אנפין על ארשם‏ : had we only shown ourselves to(or:against?) PN ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .141↗ מסתר]יך אל תגלי קדם [רח]מיך‏ : do not reveal any [of?] your [secret]s to your friends ; Dan 2:19↗ רָזָה גֲלִי‏ : its secret was revealed ; 4Q536.2.8↗ ٠٠٠]יגלא רזין‏ ; Marqe 1.412↗ וגלא לון שמה דגלאה לה אלהה‏ : he revealed the name to them that God had revealed to him ; OS MtCur12:16↗ ܘܟܐܐ ܒܗܘܢ ܕܗܢܘܢ ܠܐܢܫ ܠܐ ܢܓܠܘܢܝܗܝ‏ : he rebuked [Gk: ἐπετίμησεν] them that they should not reveal him to anyone ; PJ Gen28:12↗ מן בגלל דגליין מסטירין דמרי עלמא‏ : because they were revealing some of the secrets of the Lord of the World
(1)
to do, perform
Sam
Amram Dare #03:12↗ וגליך עמון כל נצחן‏ : you performed all great deeds with them
(2)
to open (eyes, ears)
Qumran, Syr
11QtgJob 27.3=36:10↗ ויגלא אדניהון למוסר‏ : [MT: וַיִּגֶל אָזְנָם לַמּוּסָר] ; P Ps119:18↗ ܓܠܝ ܥܝܢ̈ܝ ܕܐܚܙܐ ܬܕܡܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܒܢܡܘܣܟ‏ : uncover my eyes to see the wonders in your law ; JSBhom 160:2↗ ܓܠܼܝ ܠܼܝ ܥܲܝ̈ܢܲܝ‏ : open my eyes for me
(3)
p.p. : gly and idioms with it; see s.v. gly adj.
2
to go into exile
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA
TgO Gen4:14↗ וְאֵיהֵי מְטַלטַל וְגָלֵי בְאַרעָא‏ : I shall be a wanderer and in exile in the earth ; SYAP 18:42↗ שעתה דגלון רבה וזעירה יתבון בכין על נהרה‏ : when the big and small went into exile, they sat weeping on the river ; GT B Gen4:12↗ גָּלֵּא ומטלטל יֶהְוֵי קַיִן בְּגוֹ אַרְעָא‏ ; P Esth2:6↗ ܓܠܘܬܐ ܕܓܠܝܬ‏ ; BT San 18a(40)↗ היכא דאית ליה תקנתא בחזרה ניגלי דלית ליה תקנתא בחזרה לא ליגלי‏ : where he has the remedy of returning, he should go into exile (to the city of refuge. Where) he does not have the remedy (of returning) [e.g. a high priest who accidentally killed someone], he should not go into exile
(1)
fig. : to disappear
JLAtg, JBAmb, Man
TgJ Is24:11↗ שְלֵימַת כָל חְדוּתָא גְלָא בְיָע מִן אַרעָא‏ : all happiness has come to an end and joy has disappeared from the land ; HS 3034 1:5↗ קדחי ופוקי ועירוקי וגלה מן בתי[הון‏ : burn away, go away, flee away, and disappear from [their] houses ; ATS 1.2:1217 ↗ ḏhazin diuan ḏkadibnẖ hua hatiqa uglia umpasaq : for this scroll that I am copying is old and lacunose and torn
3
to create
Sam
Amram Dare #23:5↗ בבראשית גלית בוראין חיולין‏ : at creation you created mighty creatures
Dpaˁˁelto reveal (secrets, revelations)5 senses▶
1
to reveal (secrets, revelations)
Common Aramaic
4QEna1.4.5↗ לגלי]ה רזין לנשיהן‏ ; GT MM Exod14:30↗ גַלִּי גבוּרְתֵּיה לְהוֹן‏ ; OS MtCur11:25↗ ܕܟܣܝܬ ܗܠܝܢ ܡܢ ܚܟܝ̈ܡܐ ܘܓܠܝܬ ܐܢܝܢ ܠܛ̈ܠܝܐ‏ : that You have hidden these things from the wise but revealed them to the young ; BT Qid 81b(39)↗ כיון דסניין אהדדי מיגליין אהדדי‏ : since (the two sisters-in-law) hate each other (if a brother-in-law has intercourse with one of them) they reveal things about one another ; ATS 2.5:2247↗ ukul ḏmgalil lhalin razia ˁl anašia balalẖ tanina ulagasilẖ : everyone who reveals these secrets to people may the dragon swallow him up and not spit him out
(1)
fig. : to shed light on, clarify
JBA
BT Ḥul 113a(15)↗ תנא סיפא לגלויי רישא‏ : he taught the last clause in order to shed light on the first clause
2
to uncover
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man
TgJ Mi1:6↗ וְאוּשַהָא אֲגַלֵי‏ ; FTV Gen28:10↗ דהוון כל רעייא מתכנשין עליה למגליי׳ יתיה מעילוי פומה דבירא‏ : all the shepherds were gathering over (the well cover) to remove it from the opening of the well ; Marqe 1.1056↗ גליך בגלל מסקאתך אל רעה דפסיקה לך‏ : I have uncovered you for your going up to the land that is appointed for you ; P Mi1:6↗ ܘܐܓܠܐ ܫܬܐ̈ܣܝܗ݀‏ : I shall uncover its foundations ; BT Ber 59a(51)↗ ובצפרא אתי איסתנא חריפתא וגלו לשמיא‏ : the north wind comes in the morning and exposes the sky [i.e. blows away the clouds] ; BT RH 21b(28)↗ לישנא דמגלי‏ : a term (referring) to exposing (of the new moon) ; MandMB 48:126 ↗ kḏ mglila ˁšta : with her buttocks revealed
(1)
to uncover, i.e., explain, the meaning of a text
JBA
BT Er 70a(37)↗ תנא סיפא לגלויי רישא‏ : he studied the final clause in order to explain the beginning clause
(1)
to study the oral law
JBAg
3
to exile
Sam, Syr
P 2S15:19↗ ܡܓܠܝܘ ܓܠܝܬ ܡܢ ܐܬܪܟ‏
4
to go into exile, emigrate
Syr
JulSok 455(224):19↗ ܓܠܝܬ ܗܘܬ ܠܗ ܓܝܪ ܐܢܫܘܬܗ‏ : for all its people had gone into exile ; P Esth2:6↗ ܕܓܠܝ ܡܢ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ܂ ܥܡ ܓܠܘܬܐ ܕܓܠܝܬ ܥܡ ܝܘܟܢܝܐ‏ : who was exiled from Jerusalem along with the exile that was exiled with PN ; P 1Ch9:1↗ ܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܕܓܠܝܘ ܠܒܒܠ ܒܥܘܠܘܬܗܘܢ‏
5
p.p. : in a state of gilluy, i.e. food or drink left uncovered overnight
Gal
PTAZ 41.a:29[2]↗ חמרא מבשלא דידי מגלי‏ : my cooked wine is in gilluy
Cˀafˁelto banish, to exile3 senses▶
1
to banish, to exile
BAEzra, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, LJLA
Ezra 5:12↗ וְעַמָּה הַגְלִי לְבָבֶל‏ : he exiled the nation to Babylonia ; TgO Lev18:24↗ עַמְמַיָא דַאְנָא מַגלֵי מִן קְדָמֵיכוֹן‏ : the nations that I banish from before you ; TgJ 2K17:6↗ וְאַגלִי יָת יִשרָאֵל לְאַתוּר‏ : I shall exile Israel to Assyria ; PTKil 32.c:28[2]↗ ניגלינון לדרומא‏ : let us exile them to the South ; TN Gen47:21↗ ואגלי יתהון וטלטל יתהון מן קרייה לקריה‏ : he exiled them, moving them from town to town ; PJ Deut7:22↗ ויגלי ייי אלקכון ית עממיא האיליין מן קדמיכון‏
2
to reveal
Sam
3
to remove
Sam
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be uncovered3 senses▶
1
to be uncovered
Gal, Syr
P Gn9:21↗ ܘܪܘܝ ܘܐܬܓܠܝ ܒܓܘ ܡܫܟܢܗ‏ ; P Ez13:14↗ ܢܬ̈ܓܠܝܢ ܫܬ̈ܐܣܝܗ݀‏
2
to be revealed, to appear
Common Aramaic
4QEng1.4.19↗ ٠٠٠٠ ]י̇תגלא לכול בני ארעא‏ ; TgO Gen11:7↗ הַבוּ נִתגְלֵי וֻנבַלבֵיל תַמָן לִישָנְהוֹן‏ : come let us be revealed and confuse their speech there ; TN Gen49:1↗ מן דאתגלי ליה רזא‏ : after the secret was revealed to him ; JulSok 225(109):18↗ ܘܐܬܓܠܝ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܚܙܘܐ ܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܙܒ̈ܢܝ݂ܢ‏ : the Lord appeared to him in a vision two times ; JBABowl 59.1:17↗ שם מפורש דאיתגלי למשה באסנה‏ : the explicit name that was revealed to Moses in the bush ; ATS 1.2:1106↗ uˁtiglia raza ḏhiia ; PJ Gen16:5↗ וכדון אתגלי קדם ייי עולבני‏ : now is my injustice known to the Lord
(1)
(divinity) w. (ˁl, l_ : to appear in theophany to
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen12:7↗ וְאִתגְלִי יוי לְאַברָם‏ ; GT C Gen35:9↗ וְאֶתְגלי עלוי ממרה ד ה׳‏ ; P Gn35:7↗ ܐܬܓܠܝ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܐܠܗܐ‏ ; PJ Gen11:8↗ ואיתגליאת מימרא דייי עילוי קרתא‏
(2)
to make oneself known
Syr
P Gn45:1↗ ܐܬܓܠܝ ܝܘܣܦ ܠܐܚ̈ܘܗܝ‏
3
(gram.) to be pronounced
Syr
BhGr 201:22 text not cited
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be uncovered, exposed3 senses▶
1
to be uncovered, exposed
JBA
BT RH 22b(19)↗ כל מילתא דעבידא לאגלוי‏ : anything that is likely to be exposed ; BT AZ 30a(24)↗ אמתיה דר׳ חייא איגלי לה חמרא מבשלא‏ : PN's maidservant's boiled wine was uncovered (overnight)
2
to be revealed, appear
Jud, JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man
TgO Ex12:12↗ וְאַתגַלֵי בארעא דמצרים בְלֵיליָא הָדֵין‏ : this night I shall appear in the land of Egypt ; BT Git 56b(35)↗ דאפילו מילי דמיטמרן מיגליין ל{{יה}}^ה^ו‏ : even things which are buried [i.e. treasures] will be revealed to them ; AM 237:22↗ urazaihun nitgalalun
(1)
to be visible
JBA
3
to be exiled
Syr
DionbScomtAp 135:19 text not cited
Ctˀettafˁalto be revealed2 senses▶
1
to be revealed
JLAtg
TgJ 2Sam22:16↗ וֻאִתַחזִיאוּ עֻמקֵי יַמָא אִתַגלִיאוּ שַכלוּלֵי תֵבֵל‏ : the depths of the sea were seen, the foundations of the earth were revealed
(1)
to be naked
JLAtg
TgO Gen9:21↗ וֻשתִי מִן חַמרָא וֻרוִי וְאִתַגלִי בְגוֹ מַשכְנֵיה‏ : he drank from the wine, got drunk, and was naked in his tent
2
to be exiled
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 2K17:28↗ חַד מִכָהְנַיָא דְאִתַגלִיאוּ מִשוֹמְרוֹן‏ : one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria ; TgJ Zep3:10↗ יְתוּבָן גָלְוָת עַמִי דְאִיתַגלִיאָה‏ : the exiled groups of my people that had been exiled shall return ; TgTosPr (Hag.)/Zech.2:15↗ text not cited
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In unvocalized texts the distinctions among the derived stem t-forms are uncertain as is often the case of D/G in the sense of "to reveal".
In Mandaic the D and Dt stems use the base GLL as a suppletive form instead.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 235[115]DJPA: 129bDJBA: 286aJastrow: 248Drower/Macuch: 92b, 94a, 93bPayne-Smith: 715J. Payne-Smith: 69Levy Ch-W: 1:141Tal Sam: 145aDNWSI: 223DCPA[Schulthess]: 73[37]DJA: 38bQumran: 45

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