they let their hair grow (in mourning). Erub. 100b מגדלת
שער she lets her hair grow (does not cut it); a. fr. -- 2) to
raige to dignity, make famous; to praise. Hor. 9a (ref.
to Lev. XXI, 10) whence do we know שחייבין לו אין אם
לגדלו when he (the Highpriest) is poor, that they (the
brethren) are bound to raise him (make him indepen-
dent)? Ib. אחיו משל גדלהו raise him by a collection from
his brethren (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). Esth. R. to III, 1 למה
גדלו for what purpose did (the Lord) raise him? Yalk.
Esth. 1053 וכ׳ גידלו היכן עד how high did he raise him?
Fifty cubits (to the gallows); a. fr. -- Y. Meg. III, end, 74c
(ref. to הגדול, Neh. VIII, 6) גידלו במה wherewith did he
magnify the Lord (describe His greatness)?; Yoma 69b
וכ׳ בשם ג׳ he praised the Lord by pronouncing the tetra-
grammaton; Y. Ber. VII, 11c גודלו (corr. acc.) -- Part.
pass. מגודל well grown. Ber. 11a; a. fr. - Kidd. 49a, , v.
גדלת.
Hif. הגדיל to grow up, to become of age. Yeb. X, 9
ומשה׳ and after he is of age. Ib. XIII, 1 שתגדיל עד until
she becomes of age; a. fr.
Hithpa. התגדל, Nithpa. נתגדל 1) to be raised to dignity.
Esth. R. to III, 1 יתלה ואח״כ יתגדל let him first become
great and then be hanged. Gen. R. s. 99, end (play on
פרת Gen. XLIX, 22)׳ פרות ע״י by means of cows(Pharaoh's
dream) was he raised to power; a. fr. -- 2) to be mag-
nified. Y. Ber. IX, 14a top; Y. Taan. I, 64b top וכ׳ יתגדל
may Thy Name be glorifled, sanctified &c.; a. e. -- 3) to
glorify one's self, to boast, parade. Ned. 62a; Ab. IV, 5
בהם להתגדל עטרה תעשם אל make them (the words of
the Law) not a crown to parade therewith. -4) to gr0iw,
prosper, be nursed. Tanh. V'zoth 1; Pesik. ib. p. 199a
עמו מתגדל . . .. הרי the poison-bearing tree will be nursed
along with it (the health ggiving tree). Tanh. B'resh. 7
וחטאת נתגדלת thou didst grow older and didst sin, opp.
היית תינוק; a. fr.
גדל I ch. same. Kidd. 71b נסיב ולא ג׳ was gr(rwn up and not yet married. Pa. גדל to raise, rear. Hag. 4b דרדקי מגדלא מרים Miryam, the childrens' nurse. thpa. אתגדל to be exalied. Targ. Ps. CIV, 1.
גדל II (v. preced.; cmp. גדש) [to heap up, round;] to plait, dress the hair. Kel. XVI, 7 מצנפות גודלי cap- weavers (on a model head, v. אמום). Ib. XV, 3 וגודלות and dress their hair. Sabb. X, 6 הגודלת she who plaits her hair (on the Sabbath). Ib. 94bbot. אורגת משום גודלת, plaiting the hair (is forbidden on the Sabbath) as an act of weaving; ib. 95a (another opin.) בונה משום . . . ג׳ as an act of building. Y. ib. VII, 10 צורה כלי הגודל he who forms raised figures on a vessel. M. Kat. 11a תנור ג׳, to build a stove.
גדל II ch. same. Gitt. 69a וכ׳ תרתי ניגדול let him twine two threads. M. Kat. 11a אהורי למיגדל to weave nets; תנורא למי׳ to build a stove, v. preced. Pa. גדל same. Hag. 4b נשייא מגדלא מרים Ms. M. (ed. ׳ שיער מג׳) Miriam the women's hair-dresser (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Snh. 67a; Sabb. 104b (missing in later editions). Succ. 37a הושענא מגדלי הנהו those twining the willow twigs (v. הושענא).
גדל, v. גידול.
גדלון m. (גדל) elevation to dignity, rise. Yalk. Ps. 777, v. לtגי.
*גדליי (גדל II) weaver. Y. Keth. XII, 35a bot. (Y. Kil. IX, 32b bot. גרדיי).
גדלת, גודלת f. (נדל II) hair-dresser. Kel. XV, 3 the sieve-like receptacle גד׳ של (Mish. ed. גודלות pl.) of the hair-dresser. Kidd. II, 3 וכ׳ גד׳ שפחה או בת לי שיש ע״מ (Y. a. Talm. ed. 49b מגודלת, Ar. מגדלת) under the condition that I shall have a (free) girl or a hand-maid as a hair- dresser, and she has none, or 'that I shall have none', and she has. Ib. 49a מאי ממש גדולה מגודלת מאי סברת מי וכ׳ גדלת מגודלת do you think m'guddeleth of the Mishnah means really a well-trained (girl or hand-maid)? It means a hair-tresser, when she may see, I want none to take up my words and carry them to my neighbors. Y. ib. II, 62c bot. לשמשותיך ושפחה לגודלתיך בת מתניתן כיני the Mishnah means this; a girl for thy hair-dresser (or thy governess), and a hand-maid for thy attendant. Laev. R. s. 19 וכ׳ והג׳ לג׳ נפיים let us win the favor of the (queen's) hair- dresser (or governess), and the hair-dresser will win the queen and the queen the king; Gen. R. s. 100.
גדם (v. גדד I) to lop off, stump. Part. pass. גדום, f. גדומה. Zeb. 62b ג׳ אמה (Y. Yoma IV, 41c bot. גמודה) a. reduced cubit, v. אמה. [Gen. R. s. 12 ג׳ אמה, read גרומה, v. גרם.] Tosef. Bekh. V, 4 גדומות אצבעותיו ed. Zuck. (Var. גרומות) with stump-like fingers. Hithpa. התגדם to be cut off, lopped. Taan. 21a . . . ידי יתגדמו may my hands . . . . be stumped (through sickness).
גדם ch. same. Parel גרדם.
גדם, v. גידם.
גדנפא (גדפנא) m. (גדף, with inserted נ) rim, en- closure. Targ. O. Ex. XXV, 25, a. e. (ed. Berl. גד׳, Y. גפוף, h. textמסגרת). Targ. Ezek. XLIII, 13; 17 (h. text גבול). -- Succ. 20b ג׳ ליה דאית (Ms. M. גדפנא, Ar. גדפא) when the matting has a rim (so as to be used as a receptacle for fruits). Ab. Zar. 76ab דלישא ג׳ ליה אהדר made a rim of dough around the kkettle. - Pl. גדנפין, גדנפיא. Targ.I Kings VII, 28 sq. Targ. II Kings XVI, 17. V. גדפא.
גדע (b. h.; v. גדד I) to cut, chop, lop off. -Y. Sabb. IV, end, 7a וכ׳ שגדען חריות twigs which one cut off (trimming the date tree) with the intention of using them for &c. (Bab. ib. 50a גדר). -- Part. pass. גדוע, f. גדועה; pl. גדועים, גדועות. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXV, end ג׳ ישראל קרני the horns (power) of Israel are lopped off (checked). Pi. גירע, גידע. Ib.; Midr. Sam. ch. V, end שכ׳ קרנות וכ׳ צדיקו the horns which the Righteous One of the world (the Lord) has lopped.
