Numbers 23:28:4Num.23.28.W4TAB
רֹ֣אשׁ
rosh
“to the top of”
- Transliteration
- ROSH
- Extended
- ROHSH
- IPA
- /roːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the top of
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
ROSH hap-OR
- clause
ROSH hap-OR han-nish-KAF al-pe-NEI hai-shi-MON
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH ba-LAK et-bil-AM ROSH hap-OR han-nish-KAF al-pe-NEI hai-shi-MON
Exegesis
The construct chain rosh ha-peor {רֹ֣אשׁ הַפְּע֔וֹר | rōʾš hap-pəʿōr} denotes “summit of Peor.”
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-š
“head, summit”
In context — Numbers 23:28
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the face of the wasteland .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:28, so the Hebrew word רֹ֣אשׁ (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.23.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.28.W4.S1) and character.