Job 22:12:5Job.22.12.W5TAB
רֹ֖אשׁ
rosh
“the head or top”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the head or top
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
u-re-E ROSH
- clause
u-re-E ROSH kho-kha-VIM ki-RA-mu
- sentence
ha-LO-e-lo-AKH GO-va sha-MA-yim u-re-E ROSH kho-kha-VIM ki-RA-mu
Exegesis
The noun phrase rosh kokhavim {רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים | rôʾš kō·ḵā·vîm} denotes “summit of the stars.”
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-shresh–aleph–shin
“head, summit”
In context — Job 22:12
Is it not God in the heights of heaven? And look at the highest stars, for they are exalted.
About this coordinate
Job 22:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 22:12, so the Hebrew word רֹ֖אשׁ (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 Job.22.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.12.W5.S1) and character.