1 Chronicles 23:8:31 Chr.23.8.W3TAB
הָרֹ֧אשׁ
harosh
“the chief”
- Transliteration
- ha-ROSH
- Extended
- haa-ROHSH
- IPA
- /haːˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the chief
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ROSH ye-khi-EL
- sentence
be-NE la-ed-DAN ha-ROSH ye-khi-EL ve-ze-TAM ve-yo-EL she-lo-SHA
Exegesis
The appositional noun harosh {הָרֹאשׁ | hā-rôš} ‘the first/the chief’ designates Jehiel’s leadership.
Root and etymology
r-’-šresh–aleph–shin
“head”
In context — 1 Chronicles 23:8
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first , Zetham, and Joel—three altogether.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 23:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 23:8, so the Hebrew word הָרֹ֧אשׁ (harosh) 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.23.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.23.8.W3.S1) and character.