Numbers 14:4:5Num.14.4.W5TAB
רֹ֖אשׁ
rosh
“a leader”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /ˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a leader
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
nit-NAH ROSH
- clause
nit-NAH ROSH ve-na-shu-VAH mits-ra-YMAH
- sentence
va-yom-ROO EESH el-a-KHIv nit-NAH ROSH ve-na-shu-VAH mits-ra-YMAH
Exegesis
Rosh {רֹ֖אשׁ | rō-š} specifies the office sought.
Root and etymology
r-’-šresh-aleph-shin
“head, chief, beginning”
In context — Numbers 14:4
And each man said to his brother, “Let us appoint a leader and let us return to Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:4, so the Hebrew word רֹ֖אשׁ (rosh) 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 Num.14.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.4.W5.S1) and character.