broche denotes the falling rain described alongside rivers and winds striking a house.

The attested use denotes falling rain in parallel scenes where rain, rivers, and winds strike a house, whether it stands firm or collapses.

1. Falling rain in a storm scene · dominant

   In Matthew 7:25 and Matthew 7:27, the nominative singular feminine form introduces the rain that comes down alongside rivers and winds against a house. In Matthew 7:25 the APB renders the clause "And the rain came down," before the house does not collapse; in Matthew 7:27 it gives the same wording before the house collapses.

   Matthew 7:25Matthew 7:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Matthew 7:25 and Matthew 7:27, the APB presents the clause as "And the rain came down,". The verse is read as a whole, but both verses place this rain within the same sequence of storm actions against a house.