big
→
to grow up
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme 1 | gdl (qal-stem) | |
Lexeme 2 | gdl | |
Meaning 1 | to be big, great | rāʔū kī gādal ha-kkəʔēb məʔod (Job 2:13) They saw that the grief was very great. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to grow, to grow up | wa-yyigdal ha-yyeled wa-yyiggāmal (Gn 21:8) And the child grew up and was weaned. |
Reference | HAL: 171 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme 1 | rbh (qal-stem) | |
Lexeme 2 | rbh | |
Meaning 1 | to be big | wa-ttēreb mim-maśʔot kullām (Gn. 43:34) And it was bigger than the tribute of all of them. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to grow | wa-ttirbī wa-ttigdəlī (Ezra 16:7) And you grew and became older. |
Reference | HAL: 1097 | |
Comment | NB - a third meaning is 'to be numerous'. Both meanings - A and B - are also present in the Akkadian cognate rabû 'to become large in size; to be large; to grow, to grow up (said of children)' (CAD R 37) |