Psalm 18:43:5Ps.18.43.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:44
לְרֹ֣אשׁ
lerosh
“as head”
- Transliteration
- le-ROSH
- Extended
- leh-ROHSH
- IPA
- /lərˈoːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as head
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
- phraseyour reading level
me-ri-VEI AM te-si-ME-ni le-ROSH go-YIM
- sentence
te-fal-le-TE-ni me-ri-VEI AM te-si-ME-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM LO-YA-da-TE ye-av-du-NU-ni
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect teshimeni {תְּשִׂימֵנִי | tə-śî-mē-nî} ‘you set me’ forms an enthronement clause completed by the prepositional phrase le-rosh goyim {לְרֹאשׁ גּוֹיִם | lə-rōʾš gō-yîm} ‘as head of nations.’
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-shresh-aleph-shin
“head, chief”
In context — Psalm 18:43
You delivered me from the quarrels of the people; you made me head over the nations . A people whom I did not know will serve me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:43:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:43, 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 Ps.18.43.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.43.W5.S1) and character.