Jeremiah 22:6:10Jer.22.6.W10TAB
רֹ֣אשׁ
rosh
“head or summit”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- head or summit
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
ROSH hal-le-va-NON
- clause
ki-KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH al-BET ME-lekh ye-hu-DA gil-AD a-TA LI ROSH hal-le-va-NON
- sentence
ki-KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH al-BET ME-lekh ye-hu-DA gil-AD a-TA LI ROSH hal-le-va-NON im-LO a-shit-KHA mid-BAR a-RIM LO no-she-VA no-sha-VU
Exegesis
An equative parallel links gilʿāḏ {גִּלְעָד | gilʿāḏ} and rōʾš halləḇānôn {רֹאשׁ הַלְּבָנוֹן | rōʾš halləḇānôn}, emphasizing fertility and elevation imagery.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — Jeremiah 22:6
For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: "You are to Me like Gilead, the summit of Lebanon; yet I will make you a wilderness, cities not inhabited."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jeremiah 22:6, so the Hebrew word רֹ֣אשׁ (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 Jer.22.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.6.W10.S1) and character.