Job 19:9:6Job.19.9.W6TAB
רֹאשִֽׁי׃
roshi
“my head”
- Transliteration
- ro-SHI
- Extended
- roh-SHEE
- IPA
- /roːˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
a-TE-ret ro-SHI
- clause
va-ya-SAR a-TE-ret ro-SHI
- sentence
ke-vo-DI me-a-LAI hif-SHIT va-ya-SAR a-TE-ret ro-SHI
Exegesis
The construct chain ataret roshi {עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי | ʿa-ṭe-reṯ rō-šî} ‘crown of my head’ marks the crown as the visible token of honor. Rendering in English uses present perfect (“has stripped… has taken… has removed”) to reflect completed actions with ongoing consequence in Job’s lament.
Root and etymology
ר־א־שׁ
“head, chief, beginning”
In context — Job 19:9
He has stripped away my honor and has taken the crown off my head.
About this coordinate
Job 19:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 19:9, so the Hebrew word רֹאשִֽׁי׃ (roshi) 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 Job.19.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.9.W6.S1) and character.