Ezekiel 17:4:2Ezek.17.4.W2TAB
רֹ֥אשׁ
rosh
“head or top”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- head or top
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
ROSH ye-ni-KO-ta-yv
- clause
ET ROSH ye-ni-KO-ta-yv ka-TAF
- sentence
ET ROSH ye-ni-KO-ta-yv ka-TAF va-ye-vi-E-HU el-E-rets ke-NA-an be-IR ro-khe-LIM SA-mo
Exegesis
The phrase rosh {רֹ֥אשׁ | rōʾš} yenikotav {יְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יו | yə-nî-qō-ṯāw} ‘the top of its young shoots’ serves as this object.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, top, chief”
In context — Ezekiel 17:4
He plucked the very top of its young shoots and brought it to the land of Canaan; in a city of merchants he set it.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 17:4, so the Hebrew word רֹ֥אשׁ (rosh) 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.17.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.4.W2.S1) and character.