Leviticus 14:29:7Lev.14.29.W7TAB
עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ
alrosh
“on the head of”
- Transliteration
- al-ROSH
- Extended
- ahl-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ʕalˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the head of
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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER
- clause
ve-ha-no-TAR min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yi-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER
- sentence
ve-ha-no-TAR min-ha-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yi-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER le-ka-PER a-LAV lif-NEY Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases al-kaf {עַל־כַּ֣ף | ʿal-kaf} ‘on the palm’ and al-rosh {עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ | ʿal-rōʾš} ‘on the head’ mark spatial placement.
In context — Leviticus 14:29
And the remainder of the oil which is on the palm of the priest , he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 14:29, so the Hebrew word עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ (alrosh) 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.14.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.29.W7.S1) and character.