housetop

«housetop» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The flat roof of a house in the Land of Israel, where… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The flat roof of a house in the Land of Israel, where people could sit, pray, sleep or shout news. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Housetops were flat and used as living space, and the Torah commands a fence around the roof so no one falls. The grass on roofs withers quickly, which became a picture of the wicked.

examples

• What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops, (Prophets ISA.22.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop. (Writings PSA.102.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up; (Writings PSA.129.6, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he spoke with Saul upon the housetop.
• What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,
• I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
• Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;
• It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «housetop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.