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title: רֹאשׁ — Rosh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹאשׁ (7220), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Rosh. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. Rôsh. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹאשׁ

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«רֹאשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rosh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7220 · **BDB:** רֹאשׁ⁴

### Glosses

Rosh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rosh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7220/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. Rôsh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7220/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent. Rôsh (so 𝔊 and most; \> chief Ew Sm al. (𝔙 principem capitis) Mosoch);—only in phr. נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ (אֶרֶץ מָגוֹג) גּוֹג מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָ֑ל Ez 38:2, 3; 39:1, Ρως; not identified.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1512/7220/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 46:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.21/)

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וּבְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֗ן בֶּ֤לַע וָבֶ֙כֶר֙ וְאַשְׁבֵּ֔ל גֵּרָ֥א וְנַעֲמָ֖ן אֵחִ֣י וָרֹ֑אשׁ מֻפִּ֥ים וְחֻפִּ֖ים וָאָֽרְדְּ׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Benjamin Bela and Beker and Ashbel Gera and Naaman Ehi and Rosh Muppim and Huppim and Ard

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

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