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title: רֹאשׁ — venom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹאשׁ (7219), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: venom. BDB 1906: n.m. venom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹאשׁ

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«רֹאשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **venom** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 7219 · **BDB:** רֹאשׁ²

### Glosses

poison (6); of.poison (4); \[the\].poison (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

venom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7219/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. venom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7219/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (†Dt 32:32) רוֹשׁ n.m. Dt 32:33 a bitter and poisonous herb, then venom, always fig.;— a bitter and poisonous herb, + (or ‖) לַעֲנָה Dt 29:17; La 3:19, so (מֵי רֹאשׁ) Je 9:14; 23:15; מֵי ר׳ (without ל׳) 8:14; עִנְּבֵי־רוֹשׁ Dt 32:32 (‖ מְרֹרֹת); רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָה La 3:5; ר׳ alone ψ 69:22; וּפָרַח כָּרֹאשׁ מִשְׁפָּט Ho 10:4, הֲפַכְתֶּם לְר׳ מִשְׁפָּט Am 6:12. venom, of serpents, ר׳ פְּתָנִים Dt 32:33; Jb 20:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹאשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7219/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 20:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.16/)

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רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשׁ֣וֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].poison of.cobras he.sucks it slays.him \[the\].tongue of.a.viper

*JPS 1917:* He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.

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[Deuteronomy 32:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.33/)

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חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[is.the\].venom of.serpents wine their and.\[the\] poison of.cobras cruel

*JPS 1917:* Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.

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