{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7218",
  "lemma": "רֹאשׁ",
  "transliteration": "rôʼsh",
  "definition": "the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)",
  "kjv": "band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end…",
  "occurrences": 599,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "רֹאשׁ n.pr.gent. Rôsh",
    "רֹאשׁ n.m",
    "רֹאשׁ 599 n.m.",
    "a. (c. 230 t.) head, of human being",
    "b. head, of animals",
    "a. top (88 t.)",
    "b. height, of stars",
    "a. head = chief (man)",
    "b. = chief (city)",
    "c. chief nation",
    "d. = chief (place, position)",
    "e. = chief priest",
    "f. = head of a family",
    "a. head = front, leader's place",
    "b. of time, beginning, of night watch",
    "c. of things, river-heads",
    "5. chief, choicest, best, of spices",
    "6. head = division of army, company, band",
    "7. = sum, esp. in phr. take sum of, enumerate",
    "8. other phr."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:10",
      "text": "A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:15",
      "text": "I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 8:5",
      "text": "The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:4",
      "text": "They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/11?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 28:12",
      "text": "He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/28?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 28:18",
      "text": "Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/28?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:13",
      "text": "Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:16",
      "text": "When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:17",
      "text": "In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:19",
      "text": "Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=19"
    }
  ],
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