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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. (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkiif
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 1
תִבְנֶה֙tiv.Nehyou will build
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 2
בַּ֣יִתBa.yita house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 3
חָדָ֔שׁcha.Dashnew
Lemma: חָדָשׁ (cha.dash) · Strong's: H2319H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: new
Used 51 times. Also: Exodus 1:8, Leviticus 23:16, Leviticus 26:10, Numbers 28:26, Deuteronomy 20:5, Deuteronomy 24:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2319H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 4
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will make
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 5
מַעֲקֶ֖הma.'a.Keha parapet
Lemma: מַעֲקֶה (ma.a.qeh) · Strong's: H4624
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: parapet
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4624; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 6
לְגַגֶּ֑ךָle.ga.Ge.khafor roof your
Lemma: גָּג (gag) · Strong's: H1406
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: roof
Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 30:3, Exodus 37:26, Joshua 2:6, Joshua 2:8, Judges 9:51, Judges 16:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1406; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 7
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 8
תָשִׂ֤יםta.Simyou will put
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to set: put
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 9
דָּמִים֙da.Mimblood<s>
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 10
בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָbe.vei.Te.khaon house your
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 11
כִּֽי\־ki-if
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 12
יִפֹּ֥לyi.Polhe will fall
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 13
הַנֹּפֵ֖לha.no.Fel<the> [one who] falls
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 14
מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃\ \סmi.Me.nufrom it
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:8 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you build | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| a new | → | חָדָשׁ H2319H new |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| you are to construct | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| a railing | → | מַעֲקֶה H4624 parapet |
| around your roof | → | גָּג H1406 roof |
| so that you do not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| bring | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| bloodguilt | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
| on your house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| if | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| someone falls | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| . . . | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| from it | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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