Joshua 21:1:2Josh.21.1.W2TAB
רָאשֵׁי֙
rashei
“the heads”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHEI
- Extended
- raa-SHEI
- IPA
- /raːˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heads
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-SHEI
- clause
va-yig-SHU ra-SHEI a-VOT hal-vi-YIM el-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-el-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN
- sentence
va-yig-SHU ra-SHEI a-VOT hal-vi-YIM el-el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ve-el-ye-ho-SHU-a bin-NUN ve-el-ra-SHEI a-VOT ham-ma-TOT liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct chain rashei avot haLevi’im {רָאשֵׁי֙ אֲב֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | rōšê ăvôt haləwiyyîm} ‘heads of the fathers of the Levites’ identifies clan leaders within the Levite tribe.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — Joshua 21:1
Then the heads of the ancestral households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest , to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 21:1, so the Hebrew word רָאשֵׁי֙ (rashei) 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 Josh.21.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.1.W2.S1) and character.