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Strong's #7218 - רֹאשׁ
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1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum
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1458) sr (רסה RSh) AC: Inherit CO: Head AB: ?: The pictograph r is a picture of the head. The head of the tribe (chief) or family (father) is passed from generation to generation. The head grants permission for the betrothal of his daughters and determines the inheritor of the tribe or family. The head of a person, place, thing or time. (eng: raise - with the exchange of the s and sh)
A) sr (רסה RSh) AC: ? CO: Head AB: ?
Nf2 ) tsr (רסהת RShT) - Net: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (21): net - Strongs: H7568 (רֶשֶׁת)
fjm) nfisr (רסהיונ RShYWN) - Permission: KJV (1): grant - Strongs: H7558 (רִשְׁיוֹן)
B) ssr (רסהסה RShSh) AC: ? CO: Head AB: ?
ibm ) sisrt (תרסהיסה TRShYSh) - Tarshish: An unknown precious stone. A chief of trade goods. KJV (7): beryle - Strongs: H8658 (תַּרְשִׁישׁ)
C) sra (ארסה ARSh) AC: Request CO: ? AB: ?: A granting permission to marry.
V) sra (ארסה ARSh) - Betroth: To request a woman for marriage. [df: Vra] KJV (11): (vf: Pual, Piel) betroth, espouse - Strongs: H781 (אָרַשׂ)
Nf2 ) tsra (ארסהת ARShT) - Request: KJV (1): request - Strongs: H782 (אֲרֶשֶׁת)
D) sar (ראסה RASh) AC: ? CO: Head AB: ?
Nm ) sar (ראסה RASh) - Head: The top of the body. A person in authority or role of leader. The top, beginning or first of something. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: syr] KJV (619): head, chief, top, beginning, company, captain, sum, first, principal, chapiters, rulers - Strongs: H7217 (רֵאשׁ), H7218 (רֹאשׁ), H7389 (רִישׁ)
Nf3 ) tfsar (ראסהות RAShWT) - Headrest: A place where the head is laid. KJV (1): bolster - Strongs: H7226 (רַאֲשׁוֹת)
Nf4) tisar (ראסהית RAShYT) - Beginning: The head of a space such as the head of a river or time such as an event. KJV (51): beginning, firstfruits, first, chief - Strongs: H7225 (רֵאשִׁית)
af1) esarm (מראסהה MRAShH) - Head: As a leader. KJV (1): principality - Strongs: H4761 (מְרַאֲשׁוֹת)
ef1) esair (ריאסהה RYAShH) - Beginning: The head of a space such as the head of a river or time such as an event. KJV (185): first, former, beginning, chief, before, old, foremost, aforetime - Strongs: H7223 (רִאשֹׁן)
ejm) nfsair (ריאסהונ RYAShWN) - First: The head of a time or position. KJV (185): first, former, beginning, chief, before, old, foremost, aforetime - Strongs: H7223 (רִאשֹׁן)
gm) safr (רואסה RWASh) - Venom: The poison of serpents that comes sacks located in the head. Also by extension any type of poison. KJV (12): gall, venom, poison, hemlock - Strongs: H7219 (רוֹשׁ)
gf1) esafr (רואסהה RWAShH) - Head: KJV (1): beginnings - Strongs: H7222 (רֹאשָׁה)
kf1) esarm (מראסהה MRAShH) - Headrest: A place where the head is laid. KJV (8): bolster, pillow, head - Strongs: H4763 (מְרַאֲשׁוֹת)
emfm) insair (ריאסהני RYAShNY) - First: The head of a time or position. KJV (1): first - Strongs: H7224 (רִאשׁוֹנִי)
J) sfr (רוסה RWSh) AC: ? CO: Poor AB: ?: One who hangs down the head and is in need.
Nm) sfr (רוסה RWSh) - Poor: KJV (24): poor, lack, needy - Strongs: H7326 (רוּשׁ)
L) sri (ירסה YRSh) AC: Inherit CO: ? AB: Inheritance: The inheritor becomes the head of the family. [See also src]
V) sri (ירסה YRSh) - Inherit: KJV (232): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) possession, out, inherit, heir, possession, succeed, dispossess, poverty, drive, enjoy, poor, expel - Strongs: H3423 (יָרֵשׁ)
Nf1) esri (ירסהה YRShH) - Inheritance: KJV (2): possession - Strongs: H3424 (יְרֵשָׁה)
am) srfm (מורסה MWRSh) - Inheritance: KJV (3): possession, thought - Strongs: H4180 (מוֹרָשׁ)
af1) esrfm (מורסהה MWRShH) - Inheritance: KJV (9): possession, inheritance, heritage - Strongs: H4181 (מוֹרָשָׁה)
df1) esfri (ירוסהה YRWShH) - Inheritance: KJV (14): possession, heritage, inheritance - Strongs: H3425 (יְרֻשָּׁה)
icm) sfrit (תירוסה TYRWSh) - Wine: A freshly pressed wine. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (38): wine - Strongs: H8492 (תִּירֹשׁ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1. a. (c. 230t.) head, of human being; man Genesis 40:16,17. + often, גֶּבֶר׳לְר Judges 5:30 for the head of a man, i.e. for each Prayer of Manasseh , per capita; woman 2 Kings 9:30; Deuteronomy 21:12; Numbers 5:18; Esther 2:17; boy 2 Kings 4:19 (twice in verse); Genesis 48:14 (twice in verse) +; of ׳י, under figure of armed man Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9; of idol 1 Samuel 5:4; of gates, personified Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9.
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; Psalm 74:14, תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13; especially of animals for sacrifice Exodus 12:9; Exodus 29:15,19; Leviticus 1:4,8,12,15; Leviticus 3:2,8 18t. P; in phrase וְזָנָב׳ר Isaiah 9:13 (figurative of noble and commoner) compare Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 19:15, so (figurative of relative dignity, power, influence) Deuteronomy 28:13,44.
2. a. top (88t.): of mountain, הַר, Genesis 8:5; Exodus 19:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 24:17; Exodus 34:2 34t.; hill, גִּבְעָה, Exodus 17:9,10 (E), 2 Samuel 8:25; מְרוֺמִים׳ר Proverbs 8:2 + Proverbs 1:21 Toy (for ᵑ0הֹמִיּוֺת), גֵּיא׳ר שְׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1,4; 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 17:4,22, 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 7:16,17 + 13: t., מְכוֺנָה 1 Kings 7:35; 1 Kings 7:35, lampstand Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse), high priest's robe, מְעִיל, Exodus 28:32 (P), מִּנָּה׳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).
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a. head = chief (man) Judges 10:18; Judges 11:8,9,11; Exodus 18:25 (E), Numbers 1:16 (P), Deuteronomy 1:15; Hosea 2:2; Micah 3:1 + often; apparently combined with idea of first in a series 1 Chronicles 12:10. (van d. H. v. 1 Chronicles 12:9, series of 11); of God 2 Chronicles 13:12.
b. = chief (city) Joshua 11:10 (D), compare (of city and king) Isaiah 7:3,8,9 (twice in verse).
c. chief nation Jeremiah 31:7.
d. = chief (place, position) 1 Samuel 9:22; 1 Kings 21:9,12; Deuteronomy 20:9; 1 Chronicles 4:42 (compare also 5).
e.הָראֹשׁ chief priest 2 Kings 25:18= Jeremiah 52:24; 2 Chronicles 19:11; 24:11; 26:20, הַכֹּחֵן ראֹשׁ 1 Chronicles 27:5, ׳הָר׳הַכּ 2 Chronicles 31:10; Ezra 7:5; ׳י alone 2 Chronicles 24:6; רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים Nehemiah 12:7.
f. especially = head of a family (P Chronicles); רָאשֵׁי בֵּית (rare ראֹשׁ) אֲבוֺתָ (םׅ) Exodus 6:14; Numbers 7:2; Numbers 17:18; Joshua 22:14; 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 7:7,9; בֵּית הָאָבוֺת׳ר 1 Chronicles 7:40; לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו׳ר Numbers 1:4, compare 1 Chronicles 5:15,24; 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 9:33,34; 1 Chronicles 15:12, compare Numbers 36:1; Joshua 19:51; 1 Chronicles 8:6,13; 1 Chronicles 23:9,24 10t. Chronicles; absolute ׳ר(הָ)אָבוֺת 1 Chronicles 8:10,28; 1 Chronicles 9:9; 1 Chronicles 26:32; 1 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 1:2 8t. Ezra Nehemiah (Chronicles); אֲכֹתֵיהֶם׳ר Ezra 8:1; רָאשִׁים לְאָכוֺת Nehemiah 11:13; so also ׳י alone 1 Chronicles 5:7,12; 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. a. head=front, leader's place Micah 2:13; 2 Chronicles 20:27, compare Amos 6:7.
b. of time, beginning, of night-watch Judges 7:19; Lamentations 2:19; absolute מֵראֹשׁ from the beginning Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 41:4,26 ("" מִלְּפָנִים), Isaiah 48:16; Proverbs 8:23 ("" מֵעוֺלָם),. Ecclesiastes 3:11 ("" עַדסֿוֺף); first of months Exodus 12:2 ("" רִאשׁוֺן), Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11 (all P); בָּראֹשׁ 1 Chronicles 16:7 at first.
c. of things, river- heads Genesis 2:10 (J); עַפְרוֺת תֵּכֵל׳כשׂמ(יםׅ, Ezekiel 27:22; Exodus 30:23 (P), Song of Solomon 4:14; שִׂמְחָתִי׳ר Psalm 137:6 the choicest of my joy. 6 head = division of army, company, band : Judges 7:16,20; Judges 9:34,37,43,44 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 13:17 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 13:18 (twice in verse) Job 1:17. 7 = sum, especially in phrase ׳בְּנֵייִֿשׂ׳נָשָׂא אֶתרֿ Exodus 30:12 take the sum of, enumerate, compare Numbers 1:2,49; Numbers 4:2,22; Numbers 26:2; Numbers 31:26,49; בְּראֹשׁוֺ Leviticus 5:24 in its sum, i.e. in full, so Numbers 5:7 (all P); of ׳י s thoughts Psalm 139:17; compare ראֹשׁ דְּבָֽרְךָ אֱמֶת Psalm 119:160. 8 other phrase are :׳נָשָׂא אֶתרֿאֹשׁ פ see נָשָׂא Qal 1 b (2); יָרוּם ראֹשִׁיעַלאֹֿיְבַי Psalm 27:6, מֵרִים ראֹשִׁי׳י Psalm 3:4 ( Psalm 110:7; 140:10 see רום); shake the head, see נוּעַ Hiph`il, compare יָנִידבְּראֹשׁוֺ Jeremiah 8:16, מְנוֺד ראֹשׁ Psalm 44:15; נָתַן דֶּרֶךְ בְּראֹשׁ, i.e. requite, see נתן Qal 2 b near the end; יָשׁוּב גְּמֻלְךָ׳בְּר Obadiah 15, compare Psalm 7:17; 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 1Kings 4:4,7; 1 Kings 2:32 (sub דָּם 2 i, compare Nehemiah 3:36 (אֶלרֿאֹשָׁם), see also 2 Samuel 3:29 below 1. חוּל 3; see, further, דָּם 2 i; Daniel 1:10 see חוּב Pi`el
רֹאשׁ an unused root, perhaps i.q. רָעַשׁ to be moved, to tremble, Arab. رعس, رعش to tremble, especially used of the head; whence רֹאשׁ.”]