1 Samuel 13:17:71 Sam.13.17.W7TAB
הָרֹ֨אשׁ
harosh
“the head or company”
- Transliteration
- ha-ROSH
- Extended
- haa-ROHSH
- IPA
- /haːˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the head or company
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 e-KHAD yif-NE
- clause
ha-ROSH e-KHAD yif-NE el-DE-rekh a-fe-RA el-E-rets shu-AL
- 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
Root and etymology
ר־א־שׁ
“head, leader”
In context — 1 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 13:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word הָרֹ֨אשׁ (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 Sam.13.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.17.W7.S1) and character.