Proverbs 10:6:2Prov.10.6.W2TAB
לְרֹ֣אשׁ
lerosh
“to the head of”
- Transliteration
- le-ROSH
- Extended
- leh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /ləˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the head of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ROSH
- clause
be-ra-KHOT le-ROSH tsa-DIK
- sentence
be-ra-KHOT le-ROSH tsa-DIK u-FI re-sha-IM ye-kha-SE kha-MAS
Exegesis
The first clause combines berakhot {בְּרָכוֹת | bərā-ḵōṯ} ‘blessings’ with le-rosh {לְרֹאשׁ | lə-rōš} ‘upon the head’ governing tsaddiq {צַדִּיק | ṣaḏ-ḏîq} ‘the righteous’, creating an honorific phrase.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-š
“poverty, destitution”
In context — Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of the righteous , but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 10:6, so the Hebrew word לְרֹ֣אשׁ (lerosh) 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 Prov.10.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.6.W2.S1) and character.