מֵ/רֹ֗אשׁ

𐤌/𐤓𐤀𐤔

merosh

from the beginning

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

Proverbs 8:23 · Word #3

Lexicon H7218

Lemmaרֹאשׁ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤓𐤀𐤔
Transliterationrôʼsh
Strong'sH7218
In-contextfrom the beginning

Morphology HR/Ncmsa 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 a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H7218-25

from the head/beginning

Rootראש (r-ʾ-sh)
Core Meaningshead, top, summit, beginning, chief place, primacy
Semantic Rangephysical head of a body; top or summit of a mountain or structure; chief or leader; first or foremost position; beginning of time or sequence; totality or sum in certain idioms.
Conceptual Significanceרֹאשׁ conveys the idea of primacy and source—whether spatial, temporal, or hierarchical. In biblical thought, the "head" signifies authority, origin, and prominence, shaping expressions about leadership, beginnings, and covenantal order.
Morphological NotesPreposition מִן (assimilated to מֵ) prefixed to a masculine singular noun רֹאשׁ (absolute or construct). No pronominal suffix; singular form throughout.
Rendering RationaleThe form combines the preposition מִן ("from") with the masculine singular noun רֹאשׁ ("head"), preserving the singular sense of "head" as the top or starting point. Rendering it "from the head/beginning" maintains the concrete root image of a head as the foremost or primary position while reflecting the singular morphology.

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Words from Root ראש (head, top, summit, beginning, chief place, primacy)

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
H7218-04 berasheykhem at your heads
H7225-01 bereshit in beginning-of
H7218-06 berosh at the head of
H7218-07 beroshah at the head of her
H7218-08 berosham at their head
H7218-11 beroshekhem upon your head
H7218-12 beroshenu upon our head
H7218-13 berosho at his head
H7223-04 harishon the foremost one
H7223-06 harishonim the foremost ones
H7223-07 harishonot the first things
H7223-09 karishon like the first one
H7223-10 karishonah as the first (former) one
H7223-11 karishonim like the first ones
H7223-13 kharishonah as the first (former) one (feminine)
H7223-15 larishonim to the first-ones
H7218-16 larosh as the head
H7218-19 leroshekha for your head
H7218-20 leroshenu to our head
H7218-21 leroshi to my head
H7218-23 meharosh from the head
H4763-01 meraashotayv his head-rests
H7225-02 mereshit from the first-beginning
mereshito from his first-beginning
H4763-02 mrshtv his head-rests
H7218-27 rashey heads of
H7218-28 rasheyha her heads
H7218-30 rasheyhen the heads of them (feminine)
H7218-31 rasheykhem your heads
H7217-02 reshi my head
H7225-03 reshit the head-beginning
H7223-17 rishon the headmost one
H7218-33 rosh head
H7218-35 rosham their head
H7218-38 roshekha your head
H7218-39 roshekhe your head
H7218-42 roshi my head
H7218-44 rsh head-of
H7218-45 sheroshi my head
H7218-47 ulerashayv and to his heads
H7218-48 umerashey and from the heads of
H7218-51 uverosh and at the head of
H7223-21 varishonah in the headmost time
H7218-53 veharashim and the heads
H7218-54 veharosh and the head
H7218-55 verashey and heads of
H7225-04 vereshit and the beginning-of
H7218-58 veroshekha upon your head

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
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