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The manהָאִישׁbecame greatוַיִּגְדַּלand went onוַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְgrowing greaterוְגָדֵלuntilעַד כִּיhe became very great.גָדַל מְאֹד
Genesis 26:13
Study it in the app“The man became great and went on growing greater until he became very great.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:13, word by word
- The manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- became greatיִּגְדַּלyigdal
make great
To give someone importance; do wonderful deeds.
Where else “yigdal” appears- and went onיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and went onהָלוֹךְhaloch
keep growing
Something that grows little by little.
Where else “haloch” appears- growing greaterגָדֵלgadel
grow greater
Ever increasing.
Where else “gadel” appears- he became very greatמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
12Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in that year a hundredfold; and YHWH blessed him.
13 · This verse (above)
14He had flocks and herds and many servants, and the Philistines envied him.
To study Genesis 26 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?