Isaiah 17:6:8Isa.17.6.W8TAB

בְּרֹ֣אשׁ

berosh

in the top

Transliteration
be-ROSH
Extended
beh-ROHSH
IPA
/bəˈroːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
in the top

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Result
בְּ + רֹ֣אשׁ
be + rosh
berosh

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-ROSH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-ROSH a-MIR

  3. clause

    ve-nish-AR-BO o-le-LOT ke-NO-kef ZA-yit she-NA-yim she-lo-SHA gar-ge-RIM be-ROSH a-MIR

  4. sentence

    ve-nish-AR-BO o-le-LOT ke-NO-kef ZA-yit she-NA-yim she-lo-SHA gar-ge-RIM be-ROSH a-MIR ar-ba-A kha-mi-SHA bis-e-PE-ha po-ri-YA ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE Israel

Exegesis

The locator berosh amir {בְּרֹ֣אשׁ אָמִ֑יר | bə-rō-š ʾā-mîr} ‘at the top of the bough’ and the qualifier bise’ifeha poriyah {בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙ פֹּֽרִיָּ֔ה | bi-sʿi-pe-hā pō-rî-yā} ‘on its fruitful branches’ specify position and quality of the remnant fruit.

In contextIsaiah 17:6

And there will remain in it gleanings like the shaking of an olive tree—two or three berries at the top of the highest bough, four or five on its fruitful branches—declares the LORD God of Israel .

About this coordinate

Isaiah 17:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Isaiah 17:6, so the Hebrew word בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (berosh) 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 Isa.17.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.6.W8.S1) and character.