Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 22:8
8If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you build | תִבְנֶה֙ | ṯiḇ·neh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1129 build |
| a new | חָדָ֔שׁ | ḥā·ḏāš | Adjective - masculine singular | H2319 new |
| house | בַּ֣יִת | ba·yiṯ | Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| you are to construct | וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ | wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| a railing | מַעֲקֶ֖ה | ma·‘ă·qeh | Noun - masculine singular | H4624 parapet |
| around your roof | לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ | lə·ḡag·ge·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1406 roof, top |
| so that you do not | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| bring | תָשִׂ֤ים | ṯā·śîm | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| bloodguilt | דָּמִים֙ | dā·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1818 blood |
| on your house | בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ | bə·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1004 house |
| if | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| someone falls | יִפֹּ֥ל | yip·pōl | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5307 fall, lie |
| from it | מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ס | mim·men·nū | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
Cross-references
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Exodus 21:28–36 · Jeremiah 19:13 · Isaiah 22:1 · Mark 2:4 · 2 Samuel 11:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.