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gādal גָּדַל ‘to magnify’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

gādal v
1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to grow up
  1a2) to become great
  1a3) to be magnified
 1b) (Piel)
  1b1) to cause to grow
  1b2) to make great, powerful
  1b3) to magnify
 1c) (Pual) to be brought up
 1d) (Hiphil)
  1d1) to make great
  1d2) to magnify
  1d3) to do great things
 1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself

Mentioned in Genesis 38:11, 48:19, 21:8, 24:35, 25:27, 26:13, 21:20, 38:14, 19:13, 19:19, 41:40, 12:2 Exodus 2:11, 2:10 Numbers 14:17, 6:5 Joshua 3:7, 4:14 Judges 11:2, 13:24 1 Samuel 20:41, 12:24, 3:19, 26:24, 2:21 2 Samuel 7:22, 12:3, 7:26, 22:51 1 Kings 12:10, 1:37, 1:47, 10:23, 12:8 2 Kings 4:18, 10:6 Isaiah 42:21, 1:2, 51:18, 49:21, 44:14, 10:15, 23:4, 9:2, 28:29 Jeremiah 5:27, 48:26, 48:42 Ezekiel 24:9, 31:4, 35:13, 38:23, 16:7 Hosea 9:12 Joel 2:21, 2:20 Amos 8:5 Obadiah 1:12 Jonah 4:10 Micah 5:3 Zephaniah 2:8, 2:10 Zechariah 12:7, 12:11 Malachi 1:5 Psalms 40:17, 70:5, 126:2, 55:13, 41:10, 138:2, 69:31, 104:1, 35:27, 38:17, 144:12, 34:4, 35:26, 92:6, 126:3 Job 31:18, 2:13, 7:17, 19:5 Ruth 1:13 Lamentations 1:9, 4:6 Ecclesiastes 1:16, 2:9, 2:4 Esther 3:1, 5:11, 10:2 Daniel 11:37, 8:9, 8:4, 11:36, 8:25, 8:8, 8:10, 1:5, 8:11 Ezra 9:6 1 Chronicles 17:24, 22:5, 29:25, 29:12 2 Chronicles 10:10, 1:1, 9:22, 10:8

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