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 Imperfect3masculine singular metaplastic יִשְׂגֶּא Job 8:11 (of plant; metaplastic from Ges§ 75oo; > van d. H. יִשְׂגֶּה).
Hiph`il 1. make great, participle מַשְׂגִּיא לַגּוֺיִם Job 12:23 he maketh the nations great (see ל 3b).
2 magnify, laud, 2 masculine singular תַּשְׂגִּיא פעלו Job 36:24 that thou magnify his work; — see שׂגה.
