2 Samuel 15:30:72 Sam.15.30.W7TAB
וְרֹ֥אשׁ
verosh
“and {his} head”
- Transliteration
- ve-ROSH
- Extended
- veh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /v(ə)ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {his} head
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 | |
| 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
ve-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ROSH LO
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The phrase wə-rōš lō ḥā-pû-y {וְרֹאשׁ לוֹ חָפוּי | wə-rōš lō ḥā-pû-y} uses a construct chain and a passive participle to emphasize the ritual covering of heads in mourning.
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 15:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:30, so the Hebrew word וְרֹ֥אשׁ (verosh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.30.W7.S1) and character.