Judges 16:22:2Judg.16.22.W2TAB
שְׂעַר־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ
searrosho
“the hair of his head”
- Transliteration
- se-AR-RO-sho
- Extended
- seh-AHR-ROH-shoh
- IPA
- /səˈʕar.roːˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the hair of his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
se-AR-RO-sho
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KHEL se-AR-RO-sho
- sentence
va-ya-KHEL se-AR-RO-sho le-tsam-ME-akh ka-a-SHER gul-LAKH
Exegesis
The construct chain seʿar-rōšô {שְׂעַר־רֹאשׁוֹ | seʿar-rōšô} ‘hair of his head’ expresses possession and focalizes the locus of strength.
Root and etymology
“hair”
In context — Judges 16:22
But the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved .
About this coordinate
Judges 16:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 16:22, so the Hebrew word שְׂעַר־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ (searrosho) 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.16.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.22.W2.S1) and character.