גידל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ד־ל (g-d-l)
9 terms

From the root ג־ד־ל (g-d-l).

Verb

גידל / גִּדֵּל • (gidél) (pi'el construction, passive counterpart גודל / גֻּדַּל)

  1. (transitive) to grow, make bigger, magnify
    • Tanach, 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
    • Tanach, 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.
    • Tanach, 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)
    • Tanach, 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

Conjugation of גידל / גִּדֵּל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְגַדֵּל
action noun גידול / גִּדּוּל
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first גידלתי / גִּדַּלְתִּי גידלנו / גִּדַּלְנוּ
second גידלת / גִּדַּלְתָּ גידלת / גִּדַּלְתְּ גידלתם / גִּדַּלְתֶּם גידלתן / גִּדַּלְתֶּן
third גידל / גִּדֵּל גידלה / גִּדְּלָה גידלו / גִּדְּלוּ
present מְגַדֵּל מְגַדֶּלֶת מְגַדְּלִים מְגַדְּלוֹת
future first אֲגַדֵּל נְגַדֵּל
second תְּגַדֵּל תְּגַדְּלִי תְּגַדְּלוּ תְּגַדֵּלְנָה1
third יְגַדֵּל תְּגַדֵּל יְגַדְּלוּ תְּגַדֵּלְנָה1
imperative גַּדֵּל גַּדְּלִי גַּדְּלוּ גַּדֵּלְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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