Numbers 7:2:4Num.7.2.W4TAB
רָאשֵׁ֖י
rashei
“the heads”
- Transliteration
- ra-shei
- Extended
- rah-SHEI
- IPA
- /raːˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heads
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ra-shei
- clause
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM HEM ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT HEM ha-om-DIM al-hap-keu-DIM
Exegesis
The construct chain nesi’ei Yisrael {נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | nəsî’ê yiśrā’ēl} ‘leaders of Israel’ is appositional to rashei beit avotam {רָאשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם | rā’sê bêṯ ’ăṯōtām} ‘heads of the house of their fathers,’ providing a genealogical identification.
In context — Numbers 7:2
And they brought near the leaders of Israel, the heads of the house of their fathers—these were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones standing over the counted .
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 7:2, so the Hebrew word רָאשֵׁ֖י (rashei) 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.7.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.2.W4.S1) and character.