Judges 16:17:7Judg.16.17.W7TAB
עַל־רֹאשִׁ֔י
alroshi
“upon my head”
- Transliteration
- al-ro-SHI
- Extended
- ahl-roh-SHEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.roːˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon my head
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ro-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI
- clause
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI
- sentence
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI im-gul-LAKH-ti ve-SAR mi-ME-ni kho-KHI ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-khol-ha-a-DAM
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — Judges 16:17
And he told her all his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I am a Nazirite of God from my mother’s womb; if I am shaved, then my strength would leave me, and I would become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־רֹאשִׁ֔י (alroshi) 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.16.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.17.W7.S1) and character.