Deuteronomy 22:8

Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence."

Word-by-Word Analysis

When thou

בָּנָה

bânâh

H1129

to build (literally and figuratively)

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a

חָדָשׁ

châdâsh

H2319

new

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בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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then thou shalt

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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a

מַעֲקֶה

maʻăqeh

H4624

a parapet

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for thy

גָּג

gâg

H1406

a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar

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that thou

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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not

דָּם

dâm

H1818

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...

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upon thine

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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if

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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נָפַל

nâphal

H5307

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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from

שָׁם

shâm

H8033

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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Key Terms in This Verse

battlement H4624

מַעֲקֶה maʻăqeh

a parapet

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buildest H1129

בָּנָה bânâh

to build (literally and figuratively)

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roof H1406

גָּג gâg

a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar

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thence H8033

שָׁם shâm

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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new H2319

חָדָשׁ châdâsh

new

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fall H5307

נָפַל nâphal

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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blood H1818

דָּם dâm

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

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bring H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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any H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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make H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Cross References

Jeremiah 19:13 cross-reference

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of hea...

Isaiah 22:1 cross-reference

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Mark 2:4 cross-reference

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

2 Samuel 11:2 cross-reference

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautif...

Exodus 22:6 cross-reference

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 cross-reference

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Matthew 10:27 cross-reference

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Acts 10:9 cross-reference

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

Ezekiel 3:18 cross-reference

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity...

Ezekiel 3:20 cross-reference

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si...

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