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title: גְּדוּלָּה — greatness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּדוּלָּה (1420), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: greatness. BDB 1906: n.f. greatness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּדוּלָּה

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«גְּדוּלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **greatness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 1420 · **BDB:** גְּדוּלָּה

### Glosses

greatness (8); greatness(es) (2); his.greatness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

greatness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1420/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. greatness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1420/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. greatness—2 S 7:21 + 3 times; גְּדֻלָּה 1 Ch 29:11; cstr. גְּדֻלַּת Est 10:2; sf. גְּדוּלָּתוֹ Est 1:4; גְּדֻלָּתוֹ ψ 145:3; גְּדֻלָּתִי ψ 71:21; גְדֻלָּו֯תְךָ ψ 145:6; pl. intens. גְּדֻלּוֹת 1 Ch 17:19, 21;—chiefly late Heb. of Psalmist ψ 71:21, Mordecai Est 6:3; 10:2, king Est 1:4; of God’s greatness, as an attribute 1 Ch 29:11 ψ 145:3, 6, or of his acts 2 S 7:21 (cf. Dr) v 23 = 1 Ch 17:19(×2), 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּדוּלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1420/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.21/)

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תֶּ֤רֶב ׀ גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י וְתִסֹּ֥ב תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* may.you.increase greatness my and you.will.turn you will.comfort.me

*JPS 1917:* Thou wilt increase my greatness, and turn and comfort me.

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[Psalms 145:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.6/)

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וֶעֱז֣וּז נוֹרְאֹתֶ֣יךָ יֹאמֵ֑רוּ וּגְדוּלָּתְךָ֥ אֲסַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and the.might of your.awesome.\[deeds\] they.will.tell and greatness your I will.recount.it

*JPS 1917:* And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness.

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