ראש - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁoʃ/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /roʃ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʀoʃ/

From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum) and Arabic رَأْس (raʔs).

רֹאשׁ • (rosh) m (plural indefinite רָאשִׁים, singular construct רֹאשׁ־, plural construct רָאשֵׁי־, feminine counterpart ראשה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (anatomy) head
2. head, chief, leader, chairperson
3. head, beginning, start; the top, or leading part.
4. headcount; census
   • Old Testament, Book of Exodus 30:12
   • Old Testament, Book of Numbers 1:2,49; 4:2,22; 26:2; 31:49
5. primary: first, beginning
6. The more succulent, aroma-rich part of a plant, brush or tree bark. [1]

Stands in direct contrast to זנב (zanáv) – the tail, i.e. trailing part.

• טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל (tamán roshó bakhól)
• יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ (yoshév rosh)
• כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ (kəʾḗḇ rōš)
• מֵרֹאשׁ (merósh)
• עַל רֹאשׁ הַגַּנָּב בּוֹעֵר הַכּוֹבַע (al rosh ha-ganáv bo'ér ha-kóva)
• רֹאשׁ הַפִּין (rosh ha-pin)
• רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (rōš hašānā́)
• רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ (rōš ḥṓḏeš)
• ראשי תיבות / רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת (rashéi teivót)
• ראש כחול / רֹאשׁ כָּחֹל (rosh kakhól)
• רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה (rósh memshalá)
• רֹאשׁ עִיר (rōš ʿīr)
• רֹאשׁ עִירִיָּה (rōš ʿīriyyā́)
• רִאשׁוֹן (rīšṓn)
• רָאשִׁי (rashí)
• שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ (shomér-rósh)

• H7218 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• ראש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

רֹאשׁ • (rōš) m (singular construct רֹאשׁ־)

1. hemlock

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