I. רֹאשׁ 599 noun masculineLeviticus 13:45 head (common Semitic word; earliest form *
ra’š, Arabic
, Sabean
ראס Prä
ZMG xxix (1875). 425 Mordtm
Him. Inschr. 31; Ethiopic
Aramharic
hence (
a heightened) Assyrian
rêšu (rarely
râšu), Aramaic
רֵישָׁא (Egyptian Aramaic
ראש Cooke
North-Semitic Inscr. 404),
, modern
(Ma'lûla) raïša, Huart
JAs xii (1878), 491 Duval
id. xiii (1879), 464; Palmyrene
רשא, Lzb
366, compare Biblical Hebrew
רִישׁוֺן,
רֵאשִׁית; from
*ra'š, also Biblical Hebrew *
רָאשׁ,
ראֹשׁ (Lag
Symm. i. 113), Tel Amarna
rušu(nu) Wkl
189, 18 (gloss to
ḳaḳḳadunu), Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; SI
6 ראש, Phoenician
רשׁ,
ראש (in proper name), Punic
rus (in proper name, of a location) Schröd
Phoenician Spr. 133,
ראשת choicest, chief; on MI
20 (suffix)
רשה, l.
28 ש[
ר], compare Sm. u. So
14 Nö
LCB Jan. 8, 1887, 60); —
ר׳ absolute
Genesis 3:15 +, construct
Genesis 40:20 +; suffix
ראֹשִׁי Genesis 40:16 +, etc.; plural
רָאשִׁים (for
רְאָשִׁים֩ Nö
GGA 1884, 1019)
Exodus 18:25 +; construct
רָאשֵׁי Hosea 4:13 + [
מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי H7226 1 Samuel 26:12 see
H4763 מְרַאֲשׁוֺת below]; suffix
רָאשֵׁינוּ 1 Chronicles 12:19 [
1 Chronicles 12:18],
רָאשֵׁיכֶם Isaiah 29:10 +, etc.; —
1.
b. head, of animals: of serpent
Genesis 3:15, dog
2 Samuel 3:8, ass
2 Kings 6:25, of
הַחַיָּה in
Ezekiel 1:22 compare
Ezekiel 1:22;
Ezekiel 1:26, of
הַכְּרֻבִים Ezekiel 10:1 compare
Ezekiel 10:11; of sea-monsters,
לִוְיָתָן Job 40:31 [
Job 41:7];
Psalm 74:14,
תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13; especially of animals for sacrifice
Exodus 12:9;
Exodus 29:15,
Exodus 29:19;
Leviticus 1:4,
Leviticus 1:8,
Leviticus 1:12,
Leviticus 1:15;
Leviticus 3:2,
Leviticus 3:8 +
18 times P; in phrase
וְזָנָב ר׳ Isaiah 9:13 [
Isaiah 9:14] (figurative of noble and commoner) compare
Isaiah 9:14 [
Isaiah 9:15];
Isaiah 19:15 [
Isaiah 19:16], so (figurative of relative dignity, power, influence)
Deuteronomy 28:13,
Deuteronomy 28:44.
2.
a. top (
88 times): of mountain,
הַר,
Genesis 8:5;
Exodus 19:20 (twice in verse);
Exodus 24:17;
Exodus 34:2 +
34 times; hill,
גִּבְעָה,
Exodus 17:9,
Exodus 17:10 (E), 2 Samuel 8:25;
מְרוֺמִים ר׳ Proverbs 8:2 +
Proverbs 1:21 Toy (for MT
הֹמִיּוֺת),
גֵּיא ר׳ שְׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1,
Isaiah 28:4; of rocks,
צֻרִים,
Numbers 23:9 (JE), crag,
סֶלַע,
2 Chronicles 25:12 (twice in verse); tower
Genesis 11:4 (J), stronghold
Judges 6:26, ladder
Genesis 28:12 (E), tree
2 Samuel 5:24 =
1 Chronicles 14:15, bough
Isaiah 17:6 compare
Ezekiel 17:4,
Ezekiel 17:22, mast (?;
חִבֵּל)
Proverbs 23:34 (otherwise Toy); of ears of grain,
שִׁבֹּלֶת Job 24:24, of stone
Genesis 28:18 (E), bed,
מִטָּה,
Genesis 47:31 (J), throne,
עָגוֺל לַכִּסֵּה ר׳ 1 Kings 10:19, tabernacle, or its wall,
Exodus 26:24 =
Exodus 36:29 (P); pillar (=capital)
1 Kings 7:16,
1 Kings 7:17 +
13 times,
מְכוֺנָה 1 Kings 7:35; [twice in verse], lampstand
Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse), high priest's robe,
מְעִיל,
Exodus 28:32 (P),
פִּנָּה ר׳ Psalm 118:22 top of (the)
corner, i.e. most conspicuous stone (figurative); =
tip, end, of staves
1 Kings 8:8 =
2 Chronicles 5:9, of sceptre
Esther 5:2.
b. height of stars
Job 22:12 (||
גֹּבַהּ שָׁמַיִם).
3. + 171 times
f. especially =
head of a family (P Chronicles);
רָאשֵׁי בֵּית (rare
ראֹשׁ)
אֲבוֹתָ(ם) Exodus 6:14;
Numbers 7:2;
Numbers 17:18 [
Numbers 17:3];
Joshua 22:14;
1 Chronicles 5:24;
1 Chronicles 7:7,
1 Chronicles 7:9;
בֵּית הָאָבוֺת ר׳ 1 Chronicles 7:40;
לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו ר׳ Numbers 1:4, compare
1 Chronicles 5:15,
1 Chronicles 5:24;
1 Chronicles 7:2;
1 Chronicles 9:13;
1 Chronicles 24:4;
אֻמּוֺת בַּיתאָֿב ר׳ Numbers 25:15;
אֲבוֺת ר׳ הָעַדָה Numbers 31:26; compare
Numbers 32:28;
Joshua 14:1;
Joshua 21:1;
אֲבוֺת הַלְוִיִּם ר׳ Exodus 6:25;
Joshua 21:1;
(הָ)אָבוֺת לַלְּוִיִם ר׳ 1 Chronicles 9:33,
1 Chronicles 9:34;
1 Chronicles 15:12, compare
Numbers 36:1;
Joshua 19:51;
1 Chronicles 8:6,
1 Chronicles 8:13;
1 Chronicles 23:9,
1 Chronicles 23:24 +
10 times Chronicles; absolute
ר׳ (הָ)אָבוֺת 1 Chronicles 8:10,
1 Chronicles 8:28;
1 Chronicles 9:9;
1 Chronicles 26:32;
1 Chronicles 27:1;
2 Chronicles 1:2 +
8 times Ezra Nehemiah (Chronicles);
אֲכֹתֵיהֶם ר׳ Ezra 8:1;
רָאשִׁים לְאָכוֺת Nehemiah 11:13; so also
י׳ alone
1 Chronicles 5:7,
1 Chronicles 5:12;
1 Chronicles 7:3;
1 Chronicles 8:28 +; apparently combined with idea of
first in a series
1 Chronicles 23:8 (series of 3),
1 Chronicles 23:11 (of 4),
1 Chronicles 23:19 (of 3),
1 Chronicles 23:20 (of 2).
†4.
8. other phrase are :
נָשָׂא אֶתרֿאֹשׁ פ׳ see
נָשָׂא Qal 1 b (2);
יָרוּם ראֹשִׁי עַלאֹֿיְבַי Psalm 27:6,
מֵרִים ראֹשִׁי י׳ Psalm 3:4 [
Psalm 3:3] (
Psalm 110:7;
Psalm 140:10 [
Psalm 140:9] see
רום);
shake the head, see
נוּעַ Hiph., compare
יָנִיד בְּראֹשׁוֺ Jeremiah 8:16,
מְנוֺד ראֹשׁ Psalm 44:15 [
Psalm 44:14]
נָתַן דֶּרֶךְ בְּראֹשׁ, i.e. requite, see
נתן Qal 2 b near the end;
יָשׁוּב גְּמֻלְךָ בְּר׳ Obadiah 15, compare
Psalm 7:17 [
Psalm 7:16];
1 Kings 2:33 (below
דָּם 2 i and (with
עַלרֿ׳)
Esther 9:25,
הֵשִׁיב רָעָה בְּראֹשׁ Judges 9:57;
1 Samuel 25:39;
1 Kings 2:44, compare
Joel 4:4 [
Joel 3:4],
Joel 4:7 [
Joel 3:7];
1 Kings 2:32 (sub
דָּם 2 i, compare
Nehemiah 3:36 [
Nehemiah 4:4] (
אֶלרֿאֹשָׁם), see also
2 Samuel 3:29 below 1.
חוּל 3; see, further,
דָּם 2 i;
Daniel 1:10 see
חוּב Pi..
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H7217.
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