Joshua 22:30:6Josh.22.30.W6TAB
וְרָאשֵׁ֨י
verashei
“and the heads of”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-SHEI
- Extended
- veh-rah-SHEI
- IPA
- /vɛraˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the heads of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-SHEI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH
- sentence
va-yish-MA PIN-khas ha-ko-HEN u-ne-si-EI ha-e-DA ve-ra-SHEI al-FEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER it-TO et-had-de-va-RIM a-SHER dib-ROO be-NEI-re-u-VEN u-ve-NEI-GAD u-ve-NEI-me-na-SHEH va-yi-TAV be-ei-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The construct chain u-nesiei ha-edah {וּנְשִׂיאֵי הָעֵדָה | ū-ne-sī-ʾē hā-ʿē-dāh} ‘princes of the assembly’ and ve-rashei alfei Yisrael {וְרָאשֵׁי אַלְפֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-rō-šê-ʾ ʾal-p̄ē yi-srə-ʾēl} ‘chiefs of Israel’s thousands’ delineates hierarchical ranks.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — Joshua 22:30
Phinehas the priest, with the assembly’s princes and the chiefs of Israel’s thousands who were with him, heard the words spoken by the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, and the report met with favor .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 22:30, so the Hebrew word וְרָאשֵׁ֨י (verashei) 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.22.30.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.30.W6.S1) and character.