2 Samuel 22:44:52 Sam.22.44.W5TAB
לְרֹ֣אשׁ
lerosh
“as head of”
- Transliteration
- le-ROSH
- Extended
- leh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ləˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as head of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
le-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ROSH go-YIM
- clause
ti-she-me-RE-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM lo-YA-da-TE ya-a-ve-DU-ni
- sentence
va-te-fal-TE-ni me-ri-VE a-MI ti-she-me-RE-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM lo-YA-da-TE ya-a-ve-DU-ni
Exegesis
The status phrase lerosh goyim {לְרֹאשׁ גּוֹיִם | lə-rōš gôyîm} ‘to head of nations’ conveys exaltation to sovereign authority.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:44
You delivered me from the quarrelers of my people; You kept me as head over nations. A people I did not know now serves me.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:44:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 22:44, so the Hebrew word לְרֹ֣אשׁ (lerosh) 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.22.44.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.44.W5.S1) and character.