Ezekiel 17:19:14Ezek.17.19.W14TAB
בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
berosho
“upon his head”
- Transliteration
- be-ro-SHO
- Extended
- beh-roh-SHOH
- IPA
- /bəroːˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
be-ro-SHO
- clause
u-ne-tat-TIV be-ro-SHO
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI khai-a-NI im-LO a-la-TI a-SHER ba-ZA u-ve-ri-TI a-SHER he-FIR u-ne-tat-TIV be-ro-SHO
Exegesis
The closing clause u-netattiv be-rosho {וּנְתַתִּ֖יו בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ | û-nə-ṭā-tîw bə-rō-šō} places the oath and covenant ‘upon his head,’ symbolizing personal accountability. Em dashes preserve the Hebrew parallelism in English and the translation of im-lo as ‘surely’ conveys the verse’s intensified conditional force.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, top, chief”
In context — Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : As I live , surely my oath—which he has despised—and my covenant—which he has broken—I will place it upon his head.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 17:19, so the Hebrew word בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (berosho) 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 Ezek.17.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.19.W14.S1) and character.