גידל

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ג־ד־ל‎ (g-d-l)

From the root ג־ד־ל‎ (g-d-l).

Verb

גידל / גִּדֵּל • (gidél) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction, passive counterpart גודל / גֻּדַּל‎)

  1. (transitive) to grow, make bigger, magnify
    • Joshua 4:14, with translation of the Darby Bible:
      ‏בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא גִּדַּל יהוה אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּעֵינֵי כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל‎
      bayóm hahú gidál YHVH et-y'hoshúa b'ené kol-yisraél
      On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel
    • Psalms 34:4, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏גַּדְּלוּ לַיהוה אִתִּי וּנְרוֹמְמָה שְׁמוֹ יַחְדָּו‎
      gad'lú lYHVH ití unrom'má sh'mó yachdáv
      O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
    • Esther 3:1, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏גִּדַּל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ אֶת־הָמָן‎
      gidál hamélech achashverósh et-hamán
      did king Ahasuerus promote Haman
  2. (transitive) to raise, rear (a child or animal); to grow (a plant)
    • Isaiah 49:21, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏מִי יָלַד־לִי אֶת־אֵלֶּה וַאֲנִי שְׁכוּלָה וְגַלְמוּדָה גֹּלָה וְסוּרָה וְאֵלֶּה מִי גִדֵּל‎‎
      mí yalad-lí et-éle vaaní sh'chulá v'galmudá golá v'surá v'éle mí gidél
      Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these?
  3. (transitive) to raise (an animal or animals)
  4. (transitive) to grow (a plant or plants)

Conjugation

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References
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