שָׂגָא sâgâʼ — to grow, i.e. (causatively) to enlarge, (figuratively) laud
Translated in the KJV as increase, magnify.
; a primitive root; to grow, i.e. (causatively) to enlarge, (figuratively) laud.
sâgâʼ in each stem
Hiph'il
Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
מַשְׂגִּ֣יא Job 12:23 Participle (active), masculine singular
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
תַשְׂגִּ֣יא Job 36:24 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›