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title: גָּדִל — great · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּדִל (1434), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: great. BDB 1906: pl. twisted threads. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּדִל

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«גָּדִל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **great** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1434 · **BDB:** גְּדִלִים

### Glosses

tassels (1); wreaths (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּדִל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1434/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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