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He has walled upגָּדַרmy waysדְּרָכַיwith hewn stone;בְּגָזִיתhe has made crookedעִוָּהmy paths.נְתִיבֹתַי
Lamentations 3:9
Study it in the app“He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made crooked my paths.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Lamentations 3:9, word by word
- He has walled upגָּדַרgadar
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 waysדְּרָכַderacha
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appears- with hewn stoneגָזִיתgazit
cut stone
Hewn stone, cut square.
Where else “gazit” appears- he has made crookedעִוָּהiva
bend
To bend what is right, or be bowed down.
Where else “iva” appears- my pathsנְתִיבֹתַnetivota
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivota” appears
The context
8Even when I cry out and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 · This verse (above)
10A bear lying in wait he is to me, a lion in hiding places.