Daniel 2:38:13Dan.2.38.W13TAB
רֵאשָׁ֖ה
resha
“head”
- Transliteration
- re-SHA
- Extended
- ree-SHAA
- IPA
- /reːˈʔaːʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-SHA
- clause
an-TEH-HOO re-SHA DI da-hah-VAH
- sentence
oo-veh-KHOL-DI dah-RIN day-RIN beh-NEI-ah-NA-sha khe-VAT ba-RAA veh-OF-sheh-MAI-ya ye-HAV bee-DAKH veh-hash-le-TAKH veh-KHOL-le-HON an-TEH-HOO re-SHA DI da-hah-VAH
Exegesis
The emphatic copular clause antah-hu resha di dahava {אַנְתְּה־ה֔וּא רֵאשָׁ֖ה דִּ֥י דַהֲבָֽא | ʾan-tah hu rê-shāʾ dî da-ha-ḇāʾ} “you are the head of gold” provides a symbolic identification of rank and value.
Root and etymology
resh–aleph–shin
“head”
In context — Daniel 2:38
And in every place where the sons of men dwell, He has given the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand and made you ruler over all of them. You are the head of gold .
About this coordinate
Daniel 2:38:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Daniel 2:38, so the Hebrew word רֵאשָׁ֖ה (resha) 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 Dan.2.38.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.2.38.W13.S1) and character.