Leviticus 13:30:18Lev.13.30.W18TAB
הָרֹ֛אשׁ
harosh
“of the head”
- Transliteration
- ha-ROSH
- Extended
- hah-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ha.ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
tsa-ra-AT ha-ROSH
- clause
ve-ti-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-tek HU tsa-ra-AT ha-ROSH O ha-za-KAN HU
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN et-ha-NE-ga ve-hin-NEH mar-EH-hu a-MOK min-ha-OR u-VO seh-AR tsa-HOV DAK ve-ti-MEH o-TO ha-ko-HEN NE-tek HU tsa-ra-AT ha-ROSH O ha-za-KAN HU
Exegesis
The phrase netek hu {נֶתֶק ה֔וּא | ne-teq hû(h)} “it is a patch” and the specification of tsara-at on ha-rosh o ha-zakan {צָרַעַת הָרֹאשׁ אוֹ הַזָּקָן | ṣā-ra-‘āṯ hā-rō-’ēš ’ō hā-zā-qān} “leprosy on the head or beard” completes the ritual judgment. The Hebrew structure underscores priestly authority and the precise criteria for impurity.
Root and etymology
ר־א־שׁ
“head, top”
In context — Leviticus 13:30
And the priest will look at the sore, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin, and in it is thin yellow hair. The priest will pronounce the person unclean; it is a patch ; it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:30:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Leviticus 13:30, so the Hebrew word הָרֹ֛אשׁ (harosh) 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 Lev.13.30.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.30.W18.S1) and character.