Aramaic

Verb

גדל • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. to twist
2. to weave

Hebrew

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

References

• “H1431”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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

Anagrams

• גלד,‎ דגל