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מַעֲקֶה

ma.a.qeh

parapet

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Strong’s H4624Noun, masculine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

a parapet1

In the text

Deuteronomy 22:8מַעֲקֶה
If 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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַעֲקֶה n.[m.] parapet;—Dt 22:8.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.