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Ecclesiastes 2:9

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1431 So I was great וגדלתי

H3254 and increased more והוספתי

H3605 מכל

H1961 שׁהיה

H6440 before לפני

H3389 me in Jerusalem בירושׁלם

H637 also אף

H2451 my wisdom חכמתי

H5975 remained עמדה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

was

H1431 great

and

increased

H3254 more

than

H4480 all

that

H7945 were

H6440 before

H3389 Jerusalem

H637 also

H2451 wisdom

H5975 remained

with

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