Numbers 20:28:12Num.20.28.W12TAB
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ
berosh
“at the top”
- Transliteration
- be-ROSH
- Extended
- beh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /bəˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the top
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
be-ROSH ha-HAR
- clause
va-yaf-SHET mo-SHEH et-a-ha-RON et-be-ga-DAV va-yal-BESH o-TAM et-el-a-ZAR be-NO va-ya-MAT a-ha-RON SHAM be-ROSH ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yaf-SHET mo-SHEH et-a-ha-RON et-be-ga-DAV va-yal-BESH o-TAM et-el-a-ZAR be-NO va-ya-MAT a-ha-RON SHAM be-ROSH ha-HAR va-ye-RED mo-SHEH ve-el-a-ZAR min-ha-HAR
Exegesis
The pivotal moment arrives with vayamat {וַיָּמָת | wayyāmāt} ‘and he died’, located at berosh hahar {בְּרֹאשׁ הָהָר | bərōš hāhār} ‘at the summit of the mountain’, where the construct phrase situates the death at the apex.
In context — Numbers 20:28
Moses stripped Aaron of his garments , and clothed them upon Eleazar his son. Aaron died there at the summit of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar descended from the mountain.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 20:28, so the Hebrew word בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (berosh) 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.20.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.28.W12.S1) and character.