רֹאשִׁ֔/י

𐤓𐤀𐤔/𐤉

roshi

my head

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

H7218

Judges 16:17 · Word #12

Lexicon H7218

Lemmaרֹאשׁ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤓𐤀𐤔
Transliterationrôʼsh
Strong'sH7218
In-contextmy head

Morphology HNcmsc/Sp1cs All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H7218-42

my head

Morphological NotesHebrew noun common masculine singular construct (רֹאשׁ) with 1cs pronominal suffix (־ִי), yielding רֹאשִׁי, "my head."
Rendering RationaleThe noun רֹאשׁ (head, top, chief) appears here in the masculine singular construct with a 1st person common singular suffix, literally "head of me." The rendering "my head" preserves both the concrete root sense (head/top) and the grammatical form indicated by the suffix.

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Words from Root ראש (head, top, summit, beginning, first, chief, leader)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H7223-03 barishonim in the former ones
H7218-01 barosh at the head
H7218-02 berashey at the heads of

Word Usage (600 occurrences of H7218)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:10 רָאשִֽׁים rashim headstreams
Genesis 3:15 רֹ֔אשׁ rosh head
Genesis 8:5 רָאשֵׁ֥י rashey tops