1 Chronicles 20:2:131 Chr.20.2.W13TAB
עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ
alrosh
“upon {the} head of”
- Transliteration
- al-ROSH
- Extended
- ahl-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ʕalˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon {the} head of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
al-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
al-ROSH da-VID
- clause
va-yik-KAKH da-VID et-a-te-RET-mal-KAM me-AL ro-SHO va-yim-tsa-A mish-KAL kik-KAR-za-HAV u-VA E-ven ye-ka-RA va-te-HI al-ROSH da-VID
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH da-VID et-a-te-RET-mal-KAM me-AL ro-SHO va-yim-tsa-A mish-KAL kik-KAR-za-HAV u-VA E-ven ye-ka-RA va-te-HI al-ROSH da-VID u-she-LAL ha-IR ho-TSI har-BE me-OD
Exegesis
The resultative waṯṭəhî ’al-rōš Dāwīḏ {וַתְּהִי עַל־רֹאשׁ דָּוִיד | waṯṭəhî ’al-rōš Dāwīḏ} ‘and it was upon David’s head’ marks the crown’s transfer.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:2
And David took the crown from the head of their king, and it was found to weigh a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone . It was set upon David’s head, and he brought out much plunder from the city.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 20:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ (alrosh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.20.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.2.W13.S1) and character.