Numbers 23:14:4Num.23.14.W4TAB
אֶל־רֹ֖אשׁ
elrosh
“to the top”
- Transliteration
- el-ROSH
- Extended
- el-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ʔelˈroːʃ/
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
- clause
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH
- sentence
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH va-yi-VEN shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The directional prepositional clause el rosh ha-pisgah {אֶל־רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה | ʾel rōš happis·gāh} specifies movement “to the summit of Pisgah.” Subsequent vav-consecutive verbs vayiven “and he built” and vayaal “and he offered” denote a sequence of ritual actions.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph-lamed-het
“mighty one, God”
In context — Numbers 23:14
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:14, so the Hebrew word אֶל־רֹ֖אשׁ (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.23.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.14.W4.S1) and character.