* a summer parlour. Heb. a parlour of cooling.
The {(836c)eeyah,} or upper chamber, seems to have been of the
same description as the {ol(8961)h} of the Arabs, but properly
ventilated, described by Dr. Shaw, who says, that to most of
their houses there is a smaller one annexed, which sometimes
rises one story higher than the house; at other times, it
consists of one or two rooms only, and a terrace; while others
that are built, as they frequently are, over the porch or
gateway, have, if we except the ground floor, which they want,
all the conveniences that belong to the house itself. There
is a door of communication from them into the gallery of the
house; besides another, which opens immediately from a private
staircase, down into the porch or street, without giving the
least disturbance to the house. In these back houses
strangers are usually lodged and entertained; and to them
likewise the men are wont to retire from the noise and hurry
of their families, to be more at leisure for mediation or
diversions.
Am 3:15
* I have.
19 2Sa 12:1-15 24:12 Mic 6:9
* he arose.
Ps 29:1 Jer 10:7
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