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Therefore,לָכֵןlook, Iהִנְנִיam hedging upשָׂךְyour wayדַּרְכֵּךְwith thorns,בַּסִּירִיםand I will buildוְגָדַרְתִּיher wall,גְּדֵרָהּand she will notלֹאfindתִמְצָאher paths.וּנְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ
Hosea 2:6
Study it in the app“Therefore, look, I am hedging up your way with thorns, and I will build her wall, and she will not find her paths.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 2:6, word by word
- am hedging upשָׂךְsach
hedge in, fence
To hedge in, to surround with a fence for protection.
Where else “sach” appears- your wayדַּרְכֵּdarke
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darke” appears- with thornsסִּירִיםsirim
thorn
Thorns thrown on the fire under the pot, or hooks for dragging someone away.
Where else “sirim” appears- and I will buildגָדַרְתִּיgadarti
wall up, build walls
To build a wall or a stone fence. As the name of a trade, "those who build walls": masons (2 Kings 12:12; 22:6). Figuratively, to repair a breach (Isaiah 58:12) or to block someone's way (Hosea 2:6).
Where else “gadarti” appears- her wallגְּדֵרָgedera
wall
A stone wall that encloses and protects a place.
Where else “gedera” appears- findתִמְצָאtimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timtsa” appears- her pathsנְתִיבוֹתֶיnetivote
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivote” appears
The context
5For their mother has prostituted herself; she who conceived them has acted shamefully, for she said, “I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my drink.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; and she will seek them, but she will not find them; and she will say, “I will go and return to my husband, the first, for it was better for me then than now.”