Exodus 19:20:10Exod.19.20.W10TAB
אֶל־רֹ֥אשׁ
elrosh
“to the top of”
- Transliteration
- el-ROSH
- Extended
- ehl-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the top of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
el-ROSH ha-HAR
- clause
va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH el-ROSH ha-HAR va-ya-AL mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH al-HAR si-NAI el-ROSH ha-HAR va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH el-ROSH ha-HAR va-ya-AL mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The locative phrase al-har Sinai {עַל־הַר סִינַי | ʿal-har sî-nāy} ‘upon Mount Sinai’ is then qualified by el-rosh ha-har {אֶל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר | ʾel-rōʾš hā-hār} ‘to the summit of the mountain’.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-sh
“head, top”
In context — Exodus 19:20
And the LORD descended to the summit of Mount Sinai; the LORD called Moses to the summit, and Moses ascended.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 19:20, so the Hebrew word אֶל־רֹ֥אשׁ (elrosh) 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 Exod.19.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.20.W10.S1) and character.