Judges 13:5:8Judg.13.5.W8TAB

עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ

alrosho

“upon his head”

Transliteration: al-RO-sho
Extended: ahl-ROH-shoh
IPA: /ʕal-roːˈʃoː/

Meaning by language

English: upon his head

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

עַל + רֹא + שׁ֔וֹ

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al + ro + sho

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alrosho

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
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

word
al-RO-sho
phraseyour reading level
LO-ya-a-LE al-RO-sho
clause
KI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN u-mo-RA LO-ya-a-LE al-RO-sho KI-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-HE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BA-ten
sentence
KI hi-NAKH ha-RA ve-yo-LAD-te BEN u-mo-RA LO-ya-a-LE al-RO-sho KI-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM yih-HE ha-NA-ar min-ha-BA-ten ve-HU ya-KHEL le-ho-SHI-a et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM

Exegesis

The prohibition clause u-morah lo-ya‘ăleh ʿal-rōšô {וּמוֹרָה לֹא־יַעֲלֶה עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ | û-môrâh lō-ya‘ă-léh ʿal-rōšô} links the shaving implement morah {מוֹרָה | mô-rāh} with the verb phrase prohibiting its application.

In context — Judges 13:5

For behold, you will conceive and bear a son, and a razor shall not come upon his head, for the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.

About this coordinate

Judges 13:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 13:5, so the Hebrew word עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (alrosho) 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 Judg.13.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.5.W8.S1) and character.

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