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Deuteronomy 22:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Deuteronomy 22:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:815 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִבְנֶהtivənehBuild
בַּיִתbayitA house
חָדָשׁḥādāšNew
וְעָשִׂיתָwəʿāśîtāAnd do
מַעֲקֶהmaʿăqehParapet
לְגַגֶּךָləgageḵāTo roof
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָשִׂיםtāśîmPut
דָּמִיםdāmîmBlood
בְּבֵיתֶךָbəvêteḵāIn a house
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִפֹּלyipōlFall
הַנֹּפֵלhanōp̄ēlThe fall
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תִבְנֶהtivənehBuild
בַּיִתbayitA house
חָדָשׁḥādāšNew
וְעָשִׂיתָwəʿāśîtāAnd do
מַעֲקֶהmaʿăqehParapet
לְגַגֶּךָləgageḵāTo roof
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תָשִׂיםtāśîmPut
דָּמִיםdāmîmBlood
בְּבֵיתֶךָbəvêteḵāIn a house
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִפֹּלyipōlFall
הַנֹּפֵלhanōp̄ēlThe fall
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

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