Leviticus 21:10:12Lev.21.10.W12TAB
אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֙
etrosho
“his head”
- Transliteration
- et-ro-SHO
- Extended
- eet-roh-SHOH
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.roˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his head
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ro-SHO
- clause
et-ro-SHO LO yif-RA oo-ve-ga-DAV LO yif-ROM
- sentence
ve-ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL meh-eh-KHAV a-SHER-yoo-TSAK al-RO-sho SHE-men ham-mish-KHA oo-mil-LE et-yah-DO lil-BOSH et-hab-be-ga-DIM et-ro-SHO LO yif-RA oo-ve-ga-DAV LO yif-ROM
Root and etymology
ר־א־ש
“head, chief”
In context — Leviticus 21:10
The high priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to put on the priestly garments, must not let his hair go unkempt nor tear his garments.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 21:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֙ (etrosho) 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.21.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.10.W12.S1) and character.