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title: רֹאשָׁה — top · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹאשָׁה (7222), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: top. BDB 1906: n.f. top. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹאשָׁה

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«רֹאשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **top** — 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:** 7222 · **BDB:** רֹאשָׁה

### Glosses

top (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

top [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7222/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. top [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7222/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. top;—appos. הָאֶבֶן הָר׳ Zc 4:7 i.e. the topmost stone.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹאשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7222/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.4.7/)

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מִֽי־אַתָּ֧ה הַֽר־הַגָּד֛וֹל לִפְנֵ֥י זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל לְמִישֹׁ֑ר וְהוֹצִיא֙ אֶת־הָאֶ֣בֶן הָרֹאשָׁ֔ה תְּשֻׁא֕וֹת חֵ֥ן חֵ֖ן לָֽהּ׃פ

*Word for word:* who? \[are\].you O.mountain (the) great before Zerubbabel (into).level ground and he.will.bring.forth (et) the stone (the) top shouting(s) grace grace to it

*JPS 1917:* Who art thou, O great mountain before Zerubbabel? thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it.'

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