1 Samuel 13:17:61 Sam.13.17.W6TAB

רָאשִׁ֑ים

rashim

heads or companies

Transliteration
ra-SHIM
Extended
raa-SHEEM
IPA
/raːʃˈiːm/

Meaning by language

English
heads or companies

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
רָא + שִׁ֑ים
ra + shim
rashim

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ra-SHIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSE ham-mash-KHIT mim-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM she-lo-SHA ra-SHIM ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE el-DE-rekh a-fe-RA el-E-rets shu-AL

Exegesis

The appositional numeral construction šelōshāh rāʾšı̂m {שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים | še-lō-shāh rāʾšı̂m} ‘three detachments’ specifies unit composition.

Root and etymology

ר־א־שׁ

head, leader

In context1 Samuel 13:17

And the raiding party went out from the camp of the Philistines in three detachments; one detachment turned toward the road to Ophrah, toward the land of Shual.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 13:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word רָאשִׁ֑ים (rashim) 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 Sam.13.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.17.W6.S1) and character.