1 Samuel 17:38:81 Sam.17.38.W8TAB
עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ
alrosho
“on his head”
- Transliteration
- al-RO-sho
- Extended
- ahl-ROH-shoh
- IPA
- /ʕal.roːˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-RO-sho
- clause
va-yal-BESH sha-UL ET-da-VID mad-DA-v ve-na-TAN KO-va ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho
- sentence
va-yal-BESH sha-UL ET-da-VID mad-DA-v ve-na-TAN KO-va ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho va-yal-BESH o-TO shir-YON
In context — 1 Samuel 17:38
Saul dressed David in his own battle garments , placed a bronze helmet on his head, and put a coat of mail on him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:38:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 17:38, so the Hebrew word עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ (alrosho) 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.17.38.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.38.W8.S1) and character.