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He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. (KJV)

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גָּדַ֤רga.Darhe has walled up

Lemma: גָּדַר (ga.dar) · Strong's: H1443

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to wall up/off

Used 10 times. Also: 2 Kings 12:12, 2 Kings 22:6, Job 19:8, Isaiah 58:12, Lamentations 3:7, Ezekiel 13:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1443; TAHOT Lamentations 3:9 word 1

דְּרָכַי֙de.ra.Khaiways my

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870K

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)

Meaning: way: road

Used 145 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 33:16, Genesis 35:19, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870K; TAHOT Lamentations 3:9 word 2

בְּגָזִ֔יתbe.ga.Zitwith hewn [stone]

Lemma: גָּזִית (ga.zit) · Strong's: H1496

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: cutting

Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 20:25, 1 Kings 5:17, 1 Kings 6:36, 1 Kings 7:9, 1 Kings 7:11, 1 Kings 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1496; TAHOT Lamentations 3:9 word 3

נְתִיבֹתַ֖יne.ti.vo.Taipaths my

Lemma: נְתִיבָה (ne.ti.vah) · Strong's: H5410B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: path

Used 20 times. Also: Judges 5:6, Job 19:8, Job 24:13, Job 30:13, Job 38:20, Psalms 119:105 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5410B; TAHOT Lamentations 3:9 word 4

עִוָּֽה\׃\ \ס'i.Vahhe has made crooked

Lemma: עָוָה (a.vah) · Strong's: H5753A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)

Meaning: to twist

Used 7 times. Also: Job 33:27, Psalms 38:6, Proverbs 12:8, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 24:1, Jeremiah 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5753A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:9 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He has barred	→	גָּדַר H1443 to wall up/off
my ways	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870K way: road
with cut stones	→	גָּזִית H1496 cutting
He has made my paths	→	נְתִיבָה H5410B path
crooked	→	עָוָה H5753A to twist

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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