גדל

גדל • (transliteration needed)

1. to twist
2. to weave

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גָּדַל • (gadál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, present גָּדֵל)

1. (intransitive, stative) to be big, large, great
   • Tanach, 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)
   • Tanach, Genesis 26:13, with Young's Literal Translation:

     וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וְגָדֵל

     vayélech halóch v'gadél

     and goeth on, going on and becoming great

   • Tanach, 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
   • Tanach, 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

   • Tanach, 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

• H1431 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

גִּדֵּל • (gidél) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction) (transitive)

1. defective spelling of גידל

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

1. defective spelling of גודל

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

1. defective spelling of גדול

גִּדֵּל • (gidél) m

1. a male given name
   • Tanach, 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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