2 Samuel 14:26:22 Sam.14.26.W2TAB

אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֒

etrosho

the head of him

Transliteration
et-RO-sho
Extended
eht-ROH-shoh
IPA
/ʔɛt.roːˈʃoː/

Meaning by language

English
the head of him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶת + רֹא + שׁוֹ֒
et + ro + sho
etrosho

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    et-RO-sho

  2. clause

    u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO

  3. sentence

    u-ve-gal-KHO et-RO-sho ve-ha-YA mik-KETS ya-MIM la-ya-MIM a-SHER ye-gal-LE-akh ki-kha-VED a-LA-v ve-gil-KHO ve-sha-KAL et-se-AR ro-SHO ma-TA-yim she-ka-LIM be-E-ven ha-ME-lekh

Root and etymology

Rootresh–aleph–shin

head

In context2 Samuel 14:26

And whenever he shaved his head, it was at the close of the year ; at the time he would shave it—because his hair weighed heavily on him—he would shave it and then weigh the hair of his head: two hundred shekels by the king’s stone .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 14:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 14:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֒ (etrosho) 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.14.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.26.W2.S1) and character.