Numbers 4:22:2Num.4.22.W2TAB
אֶת־רֹ֛אשׁ
etrosh
“the head of”
- Transliteration
- et-ROSH
- Extended
- EET-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ʔeːtˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the head of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ROSH
- clause
na-SO et-ROSH be-NEI ger-SHON gam-HEM
- sentence
na-SO et-ROSH be-NEI ger-SHON gam-HEM le-VEIT a-vo-TAM le-mish-PE-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾĕt} immediately precedes rosh {רֹאשׁ | rō-ʾš} ‘head’, marking the units counted.
Root and etymology
ר־א־ש
“head”
In context — Numbers 4:22
Take a census of the heads of the sons of Gershon by the house of their fathers and by their families.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 4:22, so the Hebrew word אֶת־רֹ֛אשׁ (etrosh) 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.4.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.22.W2.S1) and character.