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He has fenced inגָדַרmy path,אָרְחִיand I do notוְלֹאpass;אֶעֱבוֹרand onוְעַלmy pathsנְתִיבוֹתַיhe setsיָשִׂיםdarkness.חֹשֶׁךְ
Job 19:8
Study it in the app“He has fenced in my path, and I do not pass; and on my paths he sets darkness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 19:8, word by word
- He has fenced inגָדַרgadar
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 “gadar” appears- my pathאָרְחִarchi
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “archi” appears- passאֶעֱבוֹרeevor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “eevor” appears- my pathsנְתִיבוֹתַnetivota
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivota” appears- he setsיָשִׂיםyasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasim” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears
The context
7Look, I cry out, ‘Violence,’ and I am not answered; I call for help, and there is no judgment.
8 · This verse (above)
9He has stripped me of my honor, and removed the crown from my head.