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title: מַעֲקֶה — parapet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲקֶה (4624), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: parapet. BDB 1906: parapet. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲקֶה

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«מַעֲקֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **parapet** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4624 · **BDB:** מַעֲקֶה²

### Glosses

a.parapet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

parapet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4624/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

parapet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4624/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] parapet;—Dt 22:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲקֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4624/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 22:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.8/)

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כִּ֤י תִבְנֶה֙ בַּ֣יִת חָדָ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מַעֲקֶ֖ה לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֤ים דָּמִים֙ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל הַנֹּפֵ֖ל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.build a.house new and you.will.make a.parapet for roof your and not you.will.put blood(s) on house your (dm) he.will.fall the.\[one who\].falls from it

*JPS 1917:* When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.

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