Isaiah 7:9:4Isa.7.9.W4TAB
וְרֹ֥אשׁ
verosh
“and head of”
- Transliteration
- ve-ROSH
- Extended
- veh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /vəˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and head of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ROSH shom-re-RON
- clause
ve-ROSH e-fra-YIM shom-re-RON ve-ROSH shom-re-RON ben-re-mal-YA-hu
- sentence
ve-ROSH e-fra-YIM shom-re-RON ve-ROSH shom-re-RON ben-re-mal-YA-hu IM LO ta-a-mi-NU KI LO te-a-ME-nu
Exegesis
The verse opens with two coordinate clauses introduced by the prefixed conjunction vav {וְ | wə} attached to the noun rōš {רֹאשׁ | rō-š} ‘head’, forming a merismus between Ephraim and Samaria.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief, beginning”
In context — Isaiah 7:9
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not believe , then surely you will not be established .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 7:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 7:9, so the Hebrew word וְרֹ֥אשׁ (verosh) 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.7.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.7.9.W4.S1) and character.