See also: ג־ד־ל

Aramaic edit

Verb edit

גדל (transliteration needed)

  1. to twist
  2. to weave

Hebrew edit

Root
ג־ד־ל (g-d-l)

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

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)
  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

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Verb edit

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

  1. defective spelling of גידל

Noun edit

גֹּדֶל (gódelm (singular construct גֹּדֶל־)

  1. defective spelling of גודל

Adjective edit

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

  1. defective spelling of גדול

Proper noun edit

גִּדֵּל (gidélm

  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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