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Psalms 38:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H559 I said אמרתי

H6435 Hear me lest פן

H8055 otherwise they should rejoice ישׂמחו

H4131 slippeth לי במוט

H7272 over me when my foot רגלי

H5921 themselves against עלי

H1431 they magnify הגדילו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H559 said

Hear

H6435 lest

otherwise

they

should

H8055 rejoice

over

when

H7272 foot

H4131 slippeth

they

H1431 magnify

themselves

H5921 against

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1431

Hebrew: גָּדַל

Transliteration: gâdal

Pronunciation: gaw-dal'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {advance} {boast} bring {up} {exceed} {excellent} be ({-come} {do} {give} {make} {wax}) great ({-er} come to . . {estate} + {things}) grow ({up}) {increase} lift {up} magnify ({-ifical}) be much set {by} nourish ({up}) {pass} {promote} proudly {[spoken]} tower.

Definition:

properly to twist (compare {H1434 }) that {is} to be (causatively make) large (in various {senses} as in {body} {mind} estate or {honor} also in pride)

1. to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things

a. (Qal)

1. to grow up

2. to become great

3. to be magnified

b. (Piel)

1. to cause to grow

2. to make great, powerful

3. to magnify

c. (Pual) to be brought up

d. (Hiphil)

1. to make great

2. to magnify

3. to do great things

e. (Hithpael) to magnify oneself

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906