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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)

with

H5975 remained

H2451 wisdom

H637 also

H3389 Jerusalem

H6440 before

H7945 were

that

H4480 all

than

H3254 more

increased

and

H1431 great

was

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