Lexical Definition

‎שָׂגָא‎ sâgâʼ (saw-gaw') to grow great ^H:V
a primitive root

increase, magnify.

• to grow, i.e. (causatively) to enlarge, (figuratively) laud

1) to increase, grow, magnify, grow great
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to make great
1a2) to magnify, laud

See Greek: μέγας · ὑψόω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: se.ga (‎ש‎ְׂ‎ג‎ָ‎א‎ "to grow great" שְׂגָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׂגָא‎] verb grow, grow great (√ only in Job; Aramaism; compare Aramaic ‎סְגִי‎, ‎סְגָא‎, , all increase, grow great; Old Aramaic, Biblical Aramaic, Palmyrene ‎שג(י)א‎ adjective much); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular metaplastic ‎יִשְׂגֶּא‎ Job 8:11 (of plant; metaplastic from Ges^{«GKC:75oo»§ 75oo}; > van d. H. ‎יִשְׂגֶּה‎).

Hiph`il 1. make great, participle ‎מַשְׂגִּיא‎ ‎לַגּוֺיִם‎ Job 12:23 he maketh the nations great (see ‎ל‎ 3 b).

2. magnify, laud, 2 masculine singular ‎תַּשְׂגִּיא פעלו‎ Job 36:24 that thou magnify his work; — see ‎שׂגה‎.

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