2 Samuel 15:30:172 Sam.15.30.W17TAB
רֹאשׁ֔וֹ
rosho
“his head”
- Transliteration
- ro-SHO
- Extended
- roh-SHOH
- IPA
- /roːˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ro-SHO
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO kha-FU ISH ro-SHO ve-A-LU a-LO u-va-KHO
- sentence
ve-da-VID O-le ve-ma-a-LE ha-ze-TIM o-LE u-vo-KHE ve-ROSH LO kha-FUI ve-HU ho-LEKH ya-KHEF ve-KHOL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO kha-FU ISH ro-SHO ve-A-LU a-LO u-va-KHO
Root and etymology
r-ʼ-šr-ʼ-š
“head, chief”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:30
And David ascended the slope of the Olives, ascending and weeping , with his head covered. He walked barefoot, and all the people who were with him each covered his own head, and they went up, ascending and weeping.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:30:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 15:30, so the Hebrew word רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (rosho) 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.15.30.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.30.W17.S1) and character.