עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ

   al-RO-sho

   on his head
2. clause🔊 וְכ֤וֹבַע נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ

   ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH

   and a helmet of bronze on his head and a coat of mail of scales he was clothed
3. sentence🔊 וְכ֤וֹבַע נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ וּמִשְׁקַל֙ הַשִּׁרְי֔וֹן חֲמֵשֶׁת־אֲלָפִ֥ים שְׁקָלִ֖ים נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת׃

   ve-KHO-vah ne-KHO-shet al-RO-sho ve-shir-YON kas-kas-SIM HU la-VUSH u-mish-KAL ha-shir-YON kha-ME-shet-a-la-FIM she-ka-LIM ne-KHO-shet

   and a helmet of bronze on his head and a coat of mail of scales he was clothed and the weight of the coat of mail five of thousands shekels of bronze

Exegesis

The construct phrase kova‘ nechoshet {כּוֹבַע נְחֹשֶׁת | kō·ḇa‘ nəḥôšeṯ} “helmet of bronze” specifies the material, while ‘al-rōšōw {עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ | ‘al rōšōw} marks spatial placement “upon his head.”