Lexical Summary gadar: to wall up or off, to build a wall Original Word: גָּדַרTransliteration: gadar Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dar') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to wall up or off, to build a wall Meaning: to wall up or off, to build a wall Strong's Concordance close up, fence up, hedge, enclose, make up a wall, mason, repairer A primitive root; to wall in or around -- close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1443. gadar גָּדַר verb wall up or off, build a wall (denominative? Late Hebrew id., Arabic and see גָּדֵר below) — Qal Perfect גָּדַר Job 19:8 2t., וְגָדַרְתִּ֫י Hosea 2:8; Amos 9:11; Imperfect2masculine plural וַתִּגְדְּרוּ Ezekiel 13:5; Participle גֹּדֵר Isaiah 58:12; Ezekiel 22:30; plural גֹּדְרִים 2 Kings 12:13; 22:6; — wall up, shut off, literal only Participle, absolute = masons (wall-builders) 12:13; 22:6; also Isaiah 58:12 (object מֶּרֶץ); figurative of Yahweh's dealings with men, object אֹרַה Job 19:8, דֶּרֶך Lamentations 3:9; compare Hosea 2:8 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb גָּדֵר), in all = obstructing path of life, compare also Lamentations 3:7 (with בַּעֲדִי); of restoring fallen booth of David Amos 9:11 (object פרצים); of repairing fortunes of Israel, a work neglected by prophets Ezekiel 13:5, and by all in power 22:30 (both with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) |
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