1 Chronicles 8:13:41 Chr.8.13.W4TAB
רָאשֵׁ֣י
rashe
“heads of”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHE
- Extended
- raa-SHEE
- IPA
- /raːˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- heads of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
ra-SHE ha-a-VOT
- clause
u-ve-ri-A va-SHE-ma HE-ma ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yo-she-VE ai-ya-LON
- sentence
u-ve-ri-A va-SHE-ma HE-ma ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yo-she-VE ai-ya-LON he-MA hiv-ri-KHU et-yo-she-VE GAT
Exegesis
The leadership role is expressed through the construct chain rashei haavot {רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת | rāšê hāʾāḇōṯ} “heads of the fathers,” a genealogical-administrative label; this is further specified by the lamed phrase leyoshvei ayyalon {לְיוֹשְׁבֵי אַיָּלוֹן | lə-yōšəḇê ʾayyālôn}, where lamed marks association with a resident population (“belonging to / among the inhabitants of Aijalon”).
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — 1 Chronicles 8:13
And Beriah and Shema—they were heads of the fathers among the inhabitants of Aijalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 8:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 8:13, so the Hebrew word רָאשֵׁ֣י (rashe) 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.8.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.8.13.W4.S1) and character.