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Job 20:16
“He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רֹאשׁrôʼsh · roshe
H7219 · Hebrew
H7219 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
- Derivation
- or רוֹשׁ; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ);
- KJV renderings
- gall, hemlock, poison, venom.
- Grammar
- רֹאשׁ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 29:17Deuteronomy 32:32Deuteronomy 32:33Psalms 69:22Jeremiah 8:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רֹאשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.