Isaiah 19:15:6Isa.19.15.W6TAB
רֹ֥אשׁ
rosh
“head”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- head
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 ve-za-NAV
- clause
a-SHER ya-a-SE ROSH ve-za-NAV kip-PA ve-ag-MON
- sentence
ve-LO-yi-he-YE le-mits-RA-yim ma-a-SE a-SHER ya-a-SE ROSH ve-za-NAV kip-PA ve-ag-MON
Exegesis
The merism rosh ve-zanav {רֹאשׁ וְזָנָב | rō-’š wə-zā-nav} paired with kipah ve-agmon {כִּפָּה וְאַגְמוֹן | ki-ppāh wə-’ag-mōn} uses antonymic pairs to denote totality from highest to lowest, emphasizing complete inability. The relative clause construction and the imperfect form underscore ongoing consequence typical of prophetic pronouncements.
Root and etymology
“head, chief”
In context — Isaiah 19:15
And there will be no work for Egypt that the head or the tail, the branch or the reed can perform.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 19:15, 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 Isa.19.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.15.W6.S1) and character.