Lexicon gala: to expose, lay bare Original Word: גָּלַעPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gala Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-lah') Short Definition: breaks NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto expose, lay bare NASB Translationbreaks (1), quarrel (1), quarrels (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ גָּלַע] verb expose, lay bare (Late Hebrew Pi`el disclose, make known; compare Arabic  (Frey) a. exuit (vestem), removit (praeputium);  nuda fuit (femina); b.  patuit (os) labiis non tegentibus dentes; impudica fuit (mulier); compare also Syriac  circumcise (in Lexicons); Ethiopic  cortex, crusta, testa; GrMonatsschr. 1884, 24 f.; Schult Thes De Proverbs 17:14 Fl in De, Now Str & most derive Hebrew meaning from Arabic b; shew the teeth, then snarl, quarrel (compare Arabic conjugation III), but see Grl.c.) — Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְגַּלַּע Proverbs 17:14; Imperfect יִתְגַּלָּ֑ע Proverbs 18:1; Proverbs 20:3; — disclose oneself, break out, Proverbs 17:14 subject רִיב; break or burst out in contention, strife Proverbs 20:3 subject כָּלאֱֿוִיל; similarly Proverbs 18:1 (followed by בְּ against; Grl.c. proposes יִלְעַג or יַלְעִיג). גַּלְעֵד see below II. גלל.
Strong's intermeddle with A primitive root; to be obstinate -- (inter-)meddle (with). |
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