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# housetop

noun

«housetop» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

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.

### Meaning

The flat roof of a house in the Land of Israel, where people could sit, pray, sleep or shout news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/housetop/#m1)

### Examples

- What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops, (Prophets ISA.22.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/housetop/#x1)
- I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop. (Writings PSA.102.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/housetop/#x2)
- Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up; (Writings PSA.129.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/housetop/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «housetop» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/housetop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«housetop» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/housetop.html) on Mova free.