Roof Tops In The Bible

Shout from the housetops what you hear whispered.

Roof tops in the bible. Occasionally pitched roofs occurred. I saw this writing prompt and figured i would write about it. H hebrew g greek above chars are from blue letter bible. David was lonely and bored and he saw something he was never intended to see.

Rooftop on all the housetops of moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere. And because a roofsignifies the like as the head with man. Aramaic bible in plain english whatever i tell you in the darkness say it in the light and whatever you hear with your ears preach on the rooftops god s word translation tell in the daylight what i say to you in the dark. According to the international standard bible encyclopedia entry on house construction a roof was typically made of a straw and mud mixture.

New american standard 1977. Aramaic bible in plain english for everything that you will say in darkness shall be heard in the light and whatever you whispered in an ear in an inner chamber will be preached on the rooftops god s word translation whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight. This is apparently a wide spread construction technique and they also cite the use of a small roller that was used periodically after rain to. ג ג h1511 the most frequently used word.

It came on the heels of the first time ever that israel s beloved king let somebody else do his fighting for him. A roofdenotes the inmost because it is supreme or highest and what is supreme or highest signifies inmost according to what was shown above ac 10181. For i have broken moab like an undesirable vessel declares the lord. The most famous rooftop in the bible is the one over david s palace where he first saw bathsheba.

In the bible roof is known as the housetop top of the house or even a beam.