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Song of Solomon 5:11
“His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רֹאשׁrôʼsh · roshe
H7218 · Hebrew
H7218 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- Derivation
- from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;
- KJV renderings
- band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
- Grammar
- רֹאשׁ֖ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 600 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:10Genesis 3:15Genesis 8:5Genesis 11:4Genesis 28:12
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.