Jonah 4:8:11Jonah.4.8.W11TAB
עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ
alrosh
“upon head of”
- Transliteration
- al-ROSH
- Extended
- ahl-ROSH
- IPA
- /ʕalˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon head of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
al-ROSH yo-NA
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-zro-AKH ha-she-MESH va-ye-MAN e-lo-HIM RU-akh ka-DIM kha-ri-SHIT va-TAKH ha-she-MESH al-ROSH yo-NA va-yit-al-LAF
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-zro-AKH ha-she-MESH va-ye-MAN e-lo-HIM RU-akh ka-DIM kha-ri-SHIT va-TAKH ha-she-MESH al-ROSH yo-NA va-yit-al-LAF va-yish-AL et-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER TOV mo-TI me-kha-YAI
In context — Jonah 4:8
And it happened, when the sun rose, that God appointed a scorching wind from the east, and the sun struck Jonah on the head so that he fainted. Then he asked for his life to die and said, “My death is better than my life.”
About this coordinate
Jonah 4:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jonah 4:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ (alrosh) 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.4.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.4.8.W11.S1) and character.