2 Samuel 20:21:232 Sam.20.21.W23TAB

רֹאשׁ֛וֹ

rosho

“his head”

Transliteration: ro-SHO
Extended: roh-SHOH
IPA: /roːˈʃoː/

Meaning by language

English: his head

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

רֹא + שׁ֛וֹ

↓

ro + sho

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rosho

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
hi-NE ro-SHO
clause
va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA
sentence
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA

Exegesis

The interjection hinneh {הִנֵּה | hinnêh} ‘behold’ introduces rosho mushlakh ’elekha be-‘ad ha-chomah {רֹאשׁוֹ מֻשְׁלָךְ אֵלֶיךָ בְּעַד הַחוֹמָה | rō-šô mūš-lā-kh ’ê-lê-kā bə-‘aḏ ha-ḥō-māh} ‘his head will be thrown to you over the wall,’ preserving the vivid resolution.

In context — 2 Samuel 20:21

The matter is not so. For a man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. “Hand him over alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 20:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 2 Samuel 20:21, so the Hebrew word רֹאשׁ֛וֹ (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.20.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.21.W23.S1) and character.

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