גָּדַר
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1443
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
wall up tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
גָּדַר: vb. wall up or off, build wall tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. wall up or off, build a wall (denom.? NH id. Arabic جَدَرَ and v. גָּדֵר infr.)— Pf. גָּדַר Jb 19:8 + 2 times, וְגָדַרְתִּ֫י Ho 2:8 Am 9:11; Impf. 2 mpl. וַתִּגְדְּרוּ Ez 13:5; Pt. גֹּדֵר Is 58:12 Ez 22:30; pl. גֹּדְרִים 2 K 12:13; 22:6;—wall up, shut off, lit. only Pt., abs. = masons (wall-builders) 2 K 12:13; 22:6; also Is 58:12 (obj. פֶּרֶץ); fig. of Yahweh’s dealings with men, obj. אֹרַח Jb 19:8, דֶּרֶך La 3:9; cf. Ho 2:8 (acc. cogn. גָּדֵר), in all = obstructing path of life, cf. also La 3:7 (c. בַּעֲדִי); of restoring fallen booth of David Am 9:11 (obj. פרצים); of repairing fortunes of Israel, a work neglected by prophets Ez 13:5, and by all in power 22:30 (both c. acc. cogn.)
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he has walled up (3); I will wall up (2); wall-builders (2).
In the verses
גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ס
Word for word: he.has.walled.up ways my with hewn.[stone] paths my he.has.made.crooked
JPS 1917: He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃
Word for word: he.has.walled.up behind me and not I.will.go.out he.has.made.heavy fetter[s] my.bronze
JPS 1917: He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
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