2 Kings 19:21:132 Kgs.19.21.W13TAB
רֹ֣אשׁ
rosh
“head”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
ROSH he-ni-A
- clause
ba-ZA le-KHA la-a-GA le-KHA be-tu-LAT bat-tsi-YON a-kha-RE-kha ROSH he-ni-A BAT ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER-dib-BER Ye-ho-VAH a-LAV ba-ZA le-KHA la-a-GA le-KHA be-tu-LAT bat-tsi-YON a-kha-RE-kha ROSH he-ni-A BAT ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
Finally, the Hiphil perfect heni’ah in achareikha rosh heni’ah {אַחֲרֶיךָ רֹאשׁ הֵנִיעָה | ʾa-ḥa-rei-ḵā rō-š hē-nī-ʿāh} ‘shakes her head behind you’ conveys a causative gesture of contempt.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — 2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 19:21, so the Hebrew word רֹ֣אשׁ (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 2 Kgs.19.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.21.W13.S1) and character.