H1443 - גָּדַר (gâdar)

H1443 גָּדַר (gâdar) gaw-dar'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to wall in or around

KJV Usage: close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּדַר (ga.dar) — to wall up/off. 1) to wall up, wall off, close off, build a wall 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wall up, shut off 1a2) masons (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

גדר (H1443)

verb · גָּדֵר · גְּדֵרָה · גְּדֶרֶת · גֶּדֶר · גְּדֹר · גְּדֵרָה · גְּדֵרֹות · גְּדֵרֹתַיִם

Close | verb qal

to build a wall, to repair a wall = causative action by which someone builds or repairs a wall, often made of natural stones; ≈ such a wall is sometimes used to denote integrity, which can be negatively affected by sin

ISA 58:12 · EZK 13:5 · EZK 22:30 · HOS 2:8 · AMO 9:11

Professions | verb qal | ≈ בנה · חצב · חָרָשׁ

bricklayer, mason = people who build or repair walls as their profession

2KI 12:13 · 2KI 22:6

Close | verb qal

to close, to block, to bar = causative action by which someone builds a structure to restrict others from going their normal way

JOB 19:8 · LAM 3:7 · LAM 3:9

Reinier de Blois; Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּדַר vb. wall up or wall off, build a wall base