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.
