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title: גָּדַר — wall up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גָּדַר (1443), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: wall up. BDB 1906: vb. wall up or off, build wall. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גָּדַר

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«גָּדַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wall up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 1443 · **BDB:** גָּדַר

### Glosses

he.has.walled.up (3); I.will.wall.up (2); wall-builders (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wall up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1443/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wall up or off, build wall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1443/#m2)

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**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.)

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גָּדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1443/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.9/)

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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.

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[Lamentations 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.7/)

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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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