ga.dal describes becoming great or grown, making someone or something greater, and raising children.

The dominant usage concerns making a person, name, power, or achievement great, including exaltation and self-magnification. It also describes persons, animals, and powers becoming grown or great, and in several clauses denotes rearing children.

1. Make great, exalt, or magnify · dominant

   This use presents an agent making a name, ruler, accomplishment, or self great. In Genesis 12:2 the Piel imperfect occurs in the promise concerning Abram's name; in Esther 3:1 the Piel perfect stands with the king's promotion and elevation of Haman; and in Daniel 11:36 the Hithpael imperfect is used where the figure exalts and magnifies himself above every god. In 1 Chronicles 29:25 the Piel sequential imperfect occurs as the LORD magnifies Solomon in Israel's sight.

   Genesis 12:2Esther 3:11 Chronicles 29:25Daniel 11:36Daniel 8:11Jeremiah 48:26
2. Grow up or become great · common

   Qal forms describe a youth or animal reaching maturity and also becoming great in standing or scale. In Exodus 2:10 the sequential imperfect occurs when the youth grows before being brought to Pharaoh's daughter; in 2 Samuel 12:3 it occurs as the ewe-lamb grows up with the poor man and his sons; and in Genesis 48:19 the imperfect forms occur in the father's statement that both brothers will become great. In Daniel 8:8 the Hiphil perfect appears in the clause where the male goat becomes very great.

   Exodus 2:102 Samuel 12:3Genesis 25:27Genesis 48:191 Kings 10:23Daniel 8:8
3. Rear or bring up children · occasional

   Piel forms are used for the care by which children are brought up. In Daniel 1:5 the infinitive construct occurs in the king's arrangement to rear the youths for three years, while in 2 Kings 10:6 the active participle identifies the city leaders as those raising the king's sons. In Isaiah 51:18 the Piel perfect occurs in the clause about sons a woman raised.

   Daniel 1:52 Kings 10:6Hosea 9:12Isaiah 51:18Isaiah 1:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the relevant clauses with expressions such as “magnified,” “make his throne greater,” “grew up,” and “raising them.” Because it is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation but do not assign every English expression to a single Hebrew token.