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Strong's #4624 - מַעֲקֶה
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1) parapet
1a) a low wall at the edge of a balcony, roof, etc., or along the sides of a bridge etc.
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1364) qo (אהק AhQ) AC: Press CO: ? AB: Oppression
A) qo (אהק AhQ) AC: Press CO: ? AB: Oppression: A pressing in on one as oppression.
Nf1) eqo (אהקה AhQH) - Oppression: KJV (1): oppression - Strongs: H6125 (עָקָה)
H) eqo (אהקה AhQH) AC: Press CO: ? AB: ?
am ) eqom (מאהקה MAhQH) - Parapet: A place of pressing as one leans on it. A wall that is placed around the roof as this place was occupied because of its coolness in the summer. KJV (1): battlement - Strongs: H4624 (מַעֲקֶה)
J) qfo (אהוק AhWQ) AC: Press CO: ? AB: ?
V) qfo (אהוק AhWQ) - Press: KJV (2): (vf: Hiphil) press - Strongs: H5781 (עוּק)
L) qoi (יאהק YAhQ) AC: Press CO: Burden AB: ?
af1 ) eqofm (מואהקה MWAhQH) - Burden: KJV (1): affliction - Strongs: H4157 (מוּעָקָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
מַעֲקֶה m. (from the root עָקָה, Arab. عقا to hold back), a parapet, surrounding a flat roof, to hinder any one from falling off, Deuteronomy 22:8.
