2 Chronicles 23:2:72 Chr.23.2.W7TAB
וְרָאשֵׁ֥י
verashe
“and heads of”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-SHE
- Extended
- veh-raa-SHEE
- IPA
- /wəraːˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and heads of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ra-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT
- clause
va-ya-SO-bu bi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-be-TSU ET-ha-le-vi-YIM mi-kol-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-SO-bu bi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-be-TSU ET-ha-le-vi-YIM mi-kol-a-RE ye-hu-DA ve-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yis-ra-EL va-ya-VO-u el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The construct chain mikkol arei Yehudah {מִכָּל־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה | mik-kol ʻā-rê yᵉ-hū-dāh} emphasizes inclusivity, and verashei haAvot lYisrael {וְרָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָב֖וֹת לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | wᵉ-rā-šê hā-’ā-ḇōṯ lᵉ-yis-ra-’êl} ‘the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel’ links leadership with lineage.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, leader”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:2
They moved through Judah and assembled the Levites from every city of Judah, along with the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel; after that, they came to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 23:2, so the Hebrew word וְרָאשֵׁ֥י (verashe) 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 2 Chr.23.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.2.W7.S1) and character.