וְגָלֵ֧א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְגָלֵ֧א

   ve-ga-LE

   and the revealer of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְגָלֵ֧א רָזַיָּ֛א

   ve-ga-LE ra-za-YA

   and the revealer of mysteries
3. clause🔊 וְגָלֵ֧א רָזַיָּ֛א הוֹדְעָ֖ךְ מָה־דִ֥י לֶהֱוֵֽא׃

   ve-ga-LE ra-za-YA ho-de-AKH MA-DI le-he-VE

   and the revealer of mysteries made known to you what would be
4. sentence🔊 אַ֣נְתְּה מַלְכָּ֗א רַעְיוֹנָךְ֙ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבָ֣ךְ סְלִ֔קוּ מָ֛ה דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֵ֖א אַחֲרֵ֣י דְנָ֑ה וְגָלֵ֧א רָזַיָּ֛א הוֹדְעָ֖ךְ מָה־דִ֥י לֶהֱוֵֽא׃

   AN-teh mal-KA ra-yo-NAKH al-mish-ke-VAKH se-li-KU MA DI le-he-VE a-kha-RE de-NA ve-ga-LE ra-za-YA ho-de-AKH MA-DI le-he-VE

   you O king rose up your thoughts upon your bed what that would be after this and the revealer of mysteries made known to you what would be

Exegesis

The phrase vegale razayya {וְגָלֵא רָזַיָּא | wəgālē rāzayyā} functions as a divine title, “Revealer of mysteries”, and hodeakh {הוֹדְעָךְ | hōdʿăkh} ‘has made known to you’ narrates the revelation. The repetition of ma di ləhewe emphasizes focus on future events. English reorders subject and verb for clarity and divides the complex Aramaic into natural English segments.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ג־ל־אgimel–lamed–aleph

“to reveal, uncover”

• 🔊 גָלוּgālūthey revealedEzra 5:5