Hebrew edit

Verb edit

וַיִּגְדַּל (vayigdál)

  1. (intransitive) (He/it) grew: third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of גָּדַל (gadál).
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:10, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִגְדַּל הַיֶּלֶד וַתְּבִאֵהוּ לְבַת פַּרְעֹה וַיְהִי לָהּ לְבֵן
      vayigdál hayéled vat'viéhu l'vat par'ó vay'hí lah l'ven
      And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.

Verb edit

וַיְגַדֵּל (vaygadél)

  1. (transitive) (He/it) grew: third-person masculine singular vav-consecutive imperfect (hence past tense) of גִּדֵּל (gidél).
    • Tanach, 1 Chronicles 29:25, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיְגַדֵּל יהוה אֶת שְׁלֹמֹה לְמַעְלָה לְעֵינֵי כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל
      vaygadél YHVH et sh'lomó l'má'la l'ené kol yisraél
      And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel