how to say “growth” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-1.m4a” /]גְּדִילָה, צְמִיחָה

Yesterday we saw the word for tumor or a growth – גידול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-2.m4a” /].

On a more cheerful note, growth in human-developmental sense is גדילה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-3.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-4.m4a” /]הרופא מודד לפרקים את גדילת הילד.

The (male) doctor occasionally measures the boy’s growth.

Don’t confuse גדילה with גלידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-5.m4a” /], the word for ice cream.

For growth in the personal, spiritual or even economic sense, the word is צמיחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-6.m4a” /], deriving from the word for a plant that blossoms – צמח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-7.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/גדילה-8.m4a” /]השנה ראינו צמיחה כלכלית ניכרת.

This year we saw marked economic growth.