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# גָּדִל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1434

**great** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

great [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1434/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גְּדִלִים: pl. twisted threads [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1434/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. twisted threads (NH גְּדִיל, Bab. gidlu, cord on which onions were strung, a string of onions, ZehnpfundBAS i. 511; Aramaic גְּדִילָא, ܓܕܺܝܠܬܳܐ thread, cord, rope, also plaited locks, ܓܕܽܘ̈ܠܷܐ id.)— tassels Dt 22:12 on border of garment (‖ צִיצִת Nu 15:38, 39). festoons, on capitals of columns 1 K 7:17.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: tassels (1); wreaths (1).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 22:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.12/#tree)

גְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה־בָּֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* tassels you.will.make for yourself on the.four the.corners your.covering your which you.will.cover with it

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt make thee twisted cords upon the four corners of thy covering, wherewith thou coverest thyself.

[1 Kings 7:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.17/#tree)

שְׂבָכִ֞ים מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שְׂבָכָ֗ה גְּדִלִים֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שַׁרְשְׁר֔וֹת לַכֹּ֣תָרֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֑ים שִׁבְעָה֙ לַכֹּתֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ת וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה לַכֹּתֶ֥רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* networks work of.a.network wreaths work of.chains \[belonged\].to the capitals which \[were\].on the.top of the.pillars seven for the capital (the) one and seven for the capital (the) second

*JPS 1917:* He also made nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars: seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1434.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1434/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).