Genesis 12:2
וְ אֶעֶשְׂךָ לְ גֹוי גָּדֹול וַ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וַ אֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶךָ וֶ הְיֵה בְּרָכָה
And I am making you to a great nation, and kneeling you,467 and may your name grow up.468 And become you a kneeled-one.469
| 468 | Strong’s #1431, gadal. To grow up, make great, twist, twine. From which comes the same root as gadol, great (#1419 ) and gedil, twisted threads (#1434) used of tassel in Deut. 22:12. Compare with the proverb “a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecc. 4:12. This verb primarily means grow up, twist together, as a vine grows, “Which our builders, like plants, growing up [gadal] in their youths, our built-ones like corners cut of a building-pattern." Psalm 144:12 literal |