Numbers 23:9:1Num.23.9.W1TAB
כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֤אשׁ
keemerosh
“For from the top”
- Transliteration
- kee-me-ROSH
- Extended
- kee-meh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /kiː.meːˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- For from the top
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
kee-me-ROSH
- phraseyour reading level
kee-me-ROSH tsu-REEM
- clause
kee-me-ROSH tsu-REEM er-e-NU u-mig-ge-va-OT a-shu-RE-NU
- sentence
kee-me-ROSH tsu-REEM er-e-NU u-mig-ge-va-OT a-shu-RE-NU hen-AM le-va-DAD yish-KON u-va-go-YIM LO yit-cha-SHAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the fused conjunction and preposition ki-me-rosh {כִּֽי־מֵרֹאשׁ | kî-mê-rôš}, creating a causal introduction followed by the construct noun tsurim {צֻרִים֙ | ṣûrîm} “rocks, cliffs,” which establishes a high vantage point.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-š
“head, summit”
In context — Numbers 23:9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him; behold, a people who dwells alone and is not reckoned among the nations.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:9, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֤אשׁ (keemerosh) 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.23.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.9.W1.S1) and character.