מעקה

Hebrew

A parapet (מעקה) around a flat roof

Noun

מַעֲקֶה • (maaké) m [pattern: מִקְטָל]

1. parapet (guardrail at the edge of a high area)
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 22:8, with translation of the King James Version:

     כִּי תִבְנֶה בַּיִת חָדָשׁ וְעָשִׂיתָ מַעֲקֶה לְגַגֶּךָ

     ki tivné báyit chadásh v'asíta maaké l'gagécha

     When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof

References

• H4624 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• מעקה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he