Jonah 2:5:8Jonah.2.5.W8TABWLC Jonah 2:6
לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃
leroshi
“to my head”
- Transliteration
- le-ro-SHI
- Extended
- leh-roh-SHEE
- IPA
- /lə.roːˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ro-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
kha-VUSH le-ro-SHI
- clause
SUF kha-VUSH le-ro-SHI
- sentence
a-FA-fu-NI MA-yim ad-NE-fesh te-HOM ye-sov-VE-NI SUF kha-VUSH le-ro-SHI
Exegesis
The Piel passive participle chavush {חָבוּשׁ | ḥā-vûsh} ‘wrapped’ with suf {סוּף | sûph} as subject and leroshi {לְרֹאשִׁי | lə-rō-shî} as locative creates vivid entanglement. The English order preserves the Hebrew’s poetic escalation from physical engulfment to existential jeopardy.
In context — Jonah 2:5
Waters surrounded me up to the soul ; the deep encompassed me, seaweed was wrapped around my head.
About this coordinate
Jonah 2:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jonah 2:5, so the Hebrew word לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃ (leroshi) 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 Jonah.2.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.5.W8.S1) and character.