2 Samuel 18:9:162 Sam.18.9.W16TAB
רֹאשׁוֹ֙
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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Word in context
- word
ro-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO
- clause
ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
- sentence
va-yik-KA-re av-sha-LOM lif-NE av-DE da-VID ve-av-sha-LOM ro-KHEV al-ha-PE-red va-ya-VO ha-PE-red TA-khat SO-vek ha-e-LA hag-do-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK ro-SHO ba-e-LA va-yit-TAN BEN ha-sha-MA-yim u-VEN ha-A-rets ve-ha-PE-red a-sher-TA-khta-v a-VAR
Exegesis
The Nifal imperfect vayechezeq {וַיֵּחָזֵק | wa-yē-ḥā-zeq} focuses on the oak’s action on rosho {רֹאשׁוֹ | rō-šō} ‘his head’.
Root and etymology
ר־א־שׁ
“head”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 18:9, so the Hebrew word רֹאשׁוֹ֙ (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.18.9.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.9.W16.S1) and character.