2 Samuel 13:19:122 Sam.13.19.W12TAB
עַל־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ
alrosha
“upon her head”
- Transliteration
- al-RO-sha
- Extended
- ahl-ROH-shah
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈroː.ʃaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon her 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-RO-sha
- clause
va-ta-SEM ya-DA al-RO-sha va-TE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-za-a-KA
- sentence
va-tik-KHAKH ta-MAR E-fer al-RO-sha u-khe-TO-net ha-pas-SIM a-SHER a-LE-ha ka-RA-a va-ta-SEM ya-DA al-RO-sha va-TE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-za-a-KA
In context — 2 Samuel 13:19
Then Tamar took ashes and placed them on her head, and she tore the tunic-of-stripes that was on her; then she put her hand on her head and went away, walking and crying out.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 13:19, so the Hebrew word עַל־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ (alrosha) 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 Sam.13.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.19.W12.S1) and character.