גדל

See also: ג־ד־ל‎

Aramaic

Verb

גדל • (transliteration needed)

  1. to twist
  2. to weave

Hebrew
Root
ג־ד־ל‎ (g-d-l)

Verb

גָּדַל • (gadál) (pa'al construction, present גָּדֵל)

  1. (intransitive, stative) to be big, large, great
    • Psalms 92:6, with Young's Literal Translation:
      ‏מַה־גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יהוה מְאֹד עָמְקוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ‎
      ma-gad'lú maasécha YHVH m'ód am'kú machsh'votécha
      How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.
  2. (intransitive) to grow (become bigger, greater, more).
    • Genesis 26:13, with Young's Literal Translation:
      ‏וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וְגָדֵל‎‎
      vayélech halóch v'gadél
      and goeth on, going on and becoming great
    • Job 2:13, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏גָדַל הַכְּאֵב מְאֹד‎
      gadál hak'év m'ód
      his grief was very great
  3. (intransitive) to grow up, become older.
    • Genesis 38:14, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏כִּי רָאֲתָה כִּי־גָדַל שֵׁלָה וְהִוא לֹא־נִתְּנָה לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה‎
      kí raatá ki-gadál shelá v'hí lo-nit'ná ló l'ishá
      for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife
    • 1 Kings 12:8, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏וַיִּוָּעַץ אֶת־הַיְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר גָּדְלוּ אִתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר הָעֹמְדִים לְפָנָיו‎
      vayivaáts et-hay'ladím ashér gad'lú itó ashér haom'dím l'fanáv
      and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him

Conjugation
Conjugation of גָּדַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לגדול / לִגְדֹּל‎
  • action noun: גְּדִילָה‎
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first גָּדַלְתִּי‎גָּדַלְנוּ‎
second גָּדַלְתָּ‎גָּדַלְתְּ‎גְּדַלְתֶּם‎1גְּדַלְתֶּן‎1
third גָּדַלגָּדְלָה‎גָּדְלוּ‎
present גָּדֵלגְּדֵלָה‎גְּדֵלִים‎גְּדֵלוֹת‎
future first אֶגְדַּל‎נִגְדַּל‎
second תִּגְדַּל‎תִּגְדְּלִי‎תִּגְדְּלוּ‎תִּגְדַּלְנָה‎2
third יִגְדַּל‎תִּגְדַּל‎יִגְדְּלוּ‎תִּגְדַּלְנָה‎2
imperative גְּדַלגִּדְלִי‎גִּדְלוּ‎גְּדַלְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced גָּדַלְתֶּם‎ and גָּדַלְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Verb

גִּדֵּל • (gidél) (pi'el construction) (transitive)

  1. defective spelling of גידל‎

Noun

גֹּדֶל • (gódel) m (singular construct גֹּדֶל־)

  1. defective spelling of גודל‎

Adjective

גָּדֹל • (gadól) (feminine גְּדֹלָה‎, masculine plural גְּדֹלִים‎, feminine plural גְּדֹלוֹת‎)

  1. defective spelling of גדול‎

Proper noun

גִּדֵּל • (gidél) m

  1. a male given name
    • Ezra 2:47, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏בְּנֵי־גִדֵּל בְּנֵי־גַחַר בְּנֵי רְאָיָה‎
      b'ne-gidél b'ne-gáchar b'né r'ayá
      The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah

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