Jeremiah 14:3:16Jer.14.3.W16TAB
רֹאשָֽׁם׃
rosham
“their head”
- Transliteration
- ro-SHAM
- Extended
- roh-SHAAM
- IPA
- /roːʃɑːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kha-FU ro-SHAM
- clause
ba-U al-GE-vim lo-ma-tse-U MA-yim sha-VU khe-le-HEM re-KAM bo-SHU ve-ha-khel-MU ve-kha-FU ro-SHAM
- sentence
ve-a-di-re-HEM shal-khu tse-o-ri-HEM tse-i-re-HEM la-MA-yim ba-U al-GE-vim lo-ma-tse-U MA-yim sha-VU khe-le-HEM re-KAM bo-SHU ve-ha-khel-MU ve-kha-FU ro-SHAM
Exegesis
The asyndetic triad boshu, vehoklemu, vechafu {בֹּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ וְחָפ֥וּ | bō-šū wə-hā-ḵlə-mū wə-ḥā-pū} ‘they were ashamed, were humiliated, and covered’ plus rosham {רֹאשָֽׁם | rō-šām} ‘their heads’ builds emotional intensity, framing communal despair.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — Jeremiah 14:3
Their nobles sent their junior attendants for water; they came to the cisterns and found none. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and humiliated, and they covered their heads.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Jeremiah 14:3, so the Hebrew word רֹאשָֽׁם׃ (rosham) 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 Jer.14.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.3.W16.S1) and character.