1 Samuel 15:17:71 Sam.15.17.W7TAB
רֹ֛אשׁ
rosh
“the head”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the head
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ROSH
- clause
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL ha-LO im-ka-TON a-TA be-e-NE-kha ROSH shiv-TE yis-ra-EL A-ta
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL ha-LO im-ka-TON a-TA be-e-NE-kha ROSH shiv-TE yis-ra-EL A-ta va-yim-sha-KHA-kha ye-ho-VAH le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The subject-predicate inversion in rōš šiv-ṯê yis-rā-ʾēl {רֹאשׁ שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | rōš šiv-ṯê yis-rā-ʾēl} places the emphatic predicate “head of the tribes of Israel” before the pronoun ʾattā, highlighting Saul’s elevated status.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, “Is it not true that, though you are small in your own eyes, you are the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 15:17, so the Hebrew word רֹ֛אשׁ (rosh) 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.15.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.17.W7.S1) and character.