Numbers 14:44:3Num.14.44.W3TAB
אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ
elrosh
“to the top”
- Transliteration
- el-ROSH
- Extended
- EHL-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the top
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
el-ROSH ha-HAR
- clause
va-ya-PI-lu la-a-LOT el-ROSH ha-HAR
- sentence
va-ya-PI-lu la-a-LOT el-ROSH ha-HAR va-a-RON be-rit-ye-ho-VAH u-mo-SHEH lo-MA-shu mi-KE-rev ha-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The infinitive laʿalôt {לַעֲל֖וֹת | laʿălôt} ‘to go up’ expresses directional purpose governed by the construct phrase ʾel-rōʾš ha-hār {אֶל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר | ʾel-rōʾš ha-hār} ‘toward the summit of the mountain’.
Root and etymology
ר־א־ש
“head, top”
In context — Numbers 14:44
Yet they went up defiantly toward the summit of the mountain, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD and Moses did not depart from the midst of the camp.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 14:44, so the Hebrew word אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ (elrosh) 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.14.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.44.W3.S1) and character.