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OSHB Psa 69:22 רֹאשׁ (roʼsh) Strongs=7219 Lemma=‘רֹאשׁ’
contextual word gloss=‘poison’ word gloss=‘head’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (32) of identical word form רֹאשׁ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘רֹאשׁ’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 10 different glosses: ‘[is]_head’, ‘[the]_head’, ‘[was]_head’, ‘a_chief’, ‘a_head’, ‘a_leader’, ‘chief’, ‘chief[s]’, ‘head’, ‘poison’.

GEN 3:15 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB GEN 3:15 word 12

OET-LV: 15 And_hostility I _will _put between_you(ms) and_between the_woman and_between your_offspring and_between her_offspring he he/it _will _crush/cover _over_you(ms) head and_you(ms) you(ms)_will _crush/cover _over_him/it heel. (GEN_3:15)

OET-RV: 15 I’ll put hostility between you and the woman
⇔ between your descendants and hers.
⇔ He will crush your head
⇔ and you’ll strike his heel.” (GEN 3:15)

NUM 1:4 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB NUM 1:4 word 7

OET-LV: 4 And_with_you(pl) they _will _be a _man a _man to_tribe a _man is_head of_the _house _of his _fathers _of_of he. (NUM_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 The leader of each tribe will accompany you. (NUM 1:4)

NUM 14:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_leader’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB NUM 14:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 And_they _said each to his/its_woman let _us _appoint a _leader and_let _us _return towards_Miʦrayim. (NUM_14:4)

OET-RV: 4 So they said to each other, “Let’s choose a new leader to take us back to Egypt.” (NUM 14:4)

DEU 29:17 contextual word gloss=‘poison’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB DEU 29:17 word 29

OET-LV: 17  lest there_be among_you(pl) a _man or a _woman or a _clan or a _tribe who heart _of_his is_turning _away the_day from_with YHWH god _of_our to_go to_serve DOM the _gods _of the_nations the_those lest there_be among_you(pl) a _root bearing _fruit poison and_wormwood. (DEU_29:17)

OET-RV: 17 and you’ve all seen their disgusting practices and the idols that they had, made of wood and stone, gold and silver. (DEU 29:17)

2 SAM 23:13 contextual word gloss=‘chief[s]’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB 2 SAM 23:13 word 4

OET-LV: 13 and_they _went _down three of_the_thirty chief[s] and_they _came to the_harvest to Dāvid to the _cave _of Adullam and_a _community _of Fəlishtiy was_encamping in_the _valley _of Rəfāʼīm. (SA2_23:13)

OET-RV: 13 Once as it was approaching harvest time, three of ‘The Thirty’ went to where David had been staying at Adullam’s cave. There was a Philistine unit camped in the Refaim valley. (SA2 23:13)

2 KI 19:21 contextual word gloss=‘a_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB 2 KI 19:21 word 15

OET-LV: 21 This is_the_message which he _has _spoken YHWH on/upon/above_him/it she _has _despised to/for_yourself(m) she _has _mocked to/for_yourself(m) the _virgin _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) behind_you a _head she _has _shaken the _daughter _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (KI2_19:21)

OET-RV: 21 This is what Yahweh says about that king:
⇔ Tsiyyon’s daughter despises you and derides you.
⇔ ≈ Yerushalem’s daughter shakes her head at you. (KI2 19:21)

1 CHR 5:15 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB 1 CHR 5:15 word 6

OET-LV: 15 ʼAḩī the _son _of ˊAⱱdiyel the _son _of Gūnī was_head of_the _house _of their _fathers _of_of. (CH1_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 Ahi was the son of Avdiel, the son of Guni, head of their clans. (CH1 5:15)

1 CHR 11:15 contextual word gloss=‘chief[s]’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB 1 CHR 11:15 word 5

OET-LV: 15 And_they _went _down three of the_thirty chief[s] to the_rock to Dāvid to the _cave _of ˊAdullām and_a _camp _of Fəlishtiy was_encamping in_the _valley _of Rəfāʼīm. (CH1_11:15)

OET-RV: 15 Then three of that top thirty went down to David, near the rock at Adullam’s cave. Meanwhile, Philistines had encamped in the Refaim Valley. (CH1 11:15)

1 CHR 11:42 contextual word gloss=‘a_chief’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB 1 CHR 11:42 word 5

OET-LV: 42 ˊAdīnāʼ the _son _of Shizāʼ the_Rəʼūⱱēnite a _chief of_Rəʼūⱱēnite[s] and_were_with_him thirty_warriors. (CH1_11:42)

OET-RV: 42 Adina (Shiza’s son from the tribe of Reuven, a leader from that tribe who had thirty soldiers with him), (CH1 11:42)

1 CHR 27:5 contextual word gloss=‘chief’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB 1 CHR 27:5 word 10

OET-LV: 5 was_the _commander _of the _army the_third for_month the_third Bənā^yāh the _son _of Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) the_priest/officer chief and_were_with division _of_his twenty and_four thousand. (CH1_27:5)

OET-RV: • 5 Benayah, son of Yehoyada the high priest, was the commander of the group that served during the third month each year. (CH1 27:5)

NEH 9:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_leader’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB NEH 9:17 word 13

OET-LV: 17 And_they _refused to_listen and_not they _remembered your(pl)_of_wonders which you _had _done with_them and_they _stiffened DOM neck _of_their and_they _appointed a _leader to_return to_their _of_servitude in_their _of_rebellion and_you(ms) are_a _god _of forgiveness(es) gracious and_compassionate long _of anger(s) and_great _of and and_not you_abandoned _them. (NEH_9:17)

OET-RV: 17 Not only did they refuse to listen, they forgot about all the miracles that you’d done for them and they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery. But you are a god of forgiveness—gracious and compassionate, slow to get angry and generously showing loyal affection, and you didn’t abandon them. (NEH 9:17)

EST 6:12 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB EST 6:12 word 12

OET-LV: 12 And_ Mārəddəkay _he _returned to the _gate _of the_king and_Haman he _hurried _himself to house _of_his mourning and_covered _of head. (EST_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 Afterwards, Mordekai returned to the king’s gate but Haman hurried to his house, covering his head like a mourner. (EST 6:12)

JOB 29:25 contextual word gloss=‘chief’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB JOB 29:25 word 4

OET-LV: 25 I _chose way _of_their and_I _sat chief and_I _dwelt like_a _king among_troop[s] just_as mourners someone _comforts. (JOB_29:25)

OET-RV: 25 I chose their path and I sat as a chief,
⇔ and I lived like a king with his troops,
⇔ like when someone comforts those who are mourning. (JOB 29:25)

PSA 22:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB PSA 22:8 word 8

OET-LV: 8  all _of those _of_who_see _me they _mock to_me they _make _a _separation with_a _lip they _shake a _head. (PSA_22:8)

OET-RV: 8 Go to Yahweh—he’ll save him.
⇔ ≈ He’ll rescue him because he likes him. (PSA 22:8)

PSA 44:15 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB PSA 44:15 word 5

OET-LV: 15  you_have _made _us a _byword among_nations a _shaking _of head not peoples. (PSA_44:15)

OET-RV: 15 My dishonour is on my mind all day,
⇔ and my shame has overwhelmed me (PSA 44:15)

PSA 83:3 contextual word gloss=‘a_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB PSA 83:3 word 7

OET-LV: 3  if/because here enemies _of_your they_are _in _an _uproar and_those _of_who_hate _you they _have _lifted a _head. (PSA_83:3)

OET-RV: 3 They conspire against your people,
⇔ ≈ and plan together against your protected ones. (PSA 83:3)

PSA 110:6 contextual word gloss=‘chief[s]’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB PSA 110:6 word 6

OET-LV: 6 He _judges among_nations it _is _full corpses he _smashes chief[s] over the_earth great. (PSA_110:6)

OET-RV: 6 He will judge the nations and fill them with corpses.
⇔ He will crush the heads of many countries. (PSA 110:6)

PSA 110:7 contextual word gloss=‘a_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB PSA 110:7 word 7

OET-LV: 7 From_a _wadi on_way he _drinks therefore yes/correct/thus/so he _lifts _up a _head. (PSA_110:7)

OET-RV: 7 He will drink from the stream along the road,
⇔ therefore, he’ll be reenergised. (PSA 110:7)

PSA 141:5 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB PSA 141:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 Let_him _strike _me a _righteous_person loyalty and_let_him _rebuke _me oil _of head not my_head let _it _refuse if/because still and_my _of_prayer is_on_their _evil _of_deeds. (PSA_141:5)

OET-RV: ⇔  5 Let a righteous person hit me—it would be a kindness.
⇔ ≈ Let them correct me—it will be soothing like lotion on my head.
⇔ Help me not to be defiant,
⇔ because my prayer is always against those who do wicked things. (PSA 141:5)

ISA 1:5 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB ISA 1:5 word 8

OET-LV: 5 Concerning what will _you(pl)_be _struck again will _you(pl)_increase rebellion all _of the_head is_for_sickness and_all the_heart is_faint. (ISA_1:5)

OET-RV: 5 Why do you want more beatings?
⇔ ≈ Why do you keep rebelling?
⇔ Your whole head is sick,
⇔ ≈ and your motivation is weak. (ISA 1:5)

ISA 1:6 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB ISA 1:6 word 4

OET-LV: 6 From_the_sole _of the_foot and_unto the_head there_is_not in/on/over_him/it soundness bruise[s] and_welt[s] and_wound[s] fresh not they _have _been _pressed _out and_not they _have _been _bound _up and_not it _has _been _softened with_oil. (ISA_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 From the sole of the foot up to the head nothing is healthy.
⇔ Bruises and sores and fresh wounds haven’t been cleaned out,
⇔ ≈ and they haven’t been bandaged or treated with olive oil. (ISA 1:6)

ISA 9:13 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB ISA 9:13 word 4

OET-LV: 13  and_ YHWH _he _cut _off from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) head and_tail palm _branch and_bulrush day one. (ISA_9:13)

OET-RV: ⇔  13 The people still won’t return to the one who struck them,
⇔ ≈ and they won’t strive to know army commander Yahweh (ISA 9:13)

ISA 19:15 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB ISA 19:15 word 7

OET-LV: 15 And_not it _will _be for_Miʦrayim a _deed which it _will _do head and_tail palm _branch and_bulrush. (ISA_19:15)

OET-RV: 15 ◙ (ISA 19:15)

ISA 37:22 contextual word gloss=‘a_head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB ISA 37:22 word 15

OET-LV: 22 This is_the_message which he _has _spoken YHWH on/upon/above_him/it she _has _despised to/for_yourself(m) she _has _mocked to/for_yourself(m) the _virgin _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) behind_you a _head she _has _shaken the _daughter _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (ISA_37:22)

OET-RV: 22 ◙ (ISA 37:22)

JER 8:14 contextual word gloss=‘poison’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB JER 8:14 word 18

OET-LV: 14 Concerning what are_we sitting gather _yourselves and_let _us _go into the _cities _of (the)_fortification so_that _we _may _perish there if/because YHWH god _of_our he_has _caused _us _to _perish and_he_has _given _us _to _drink water _of poison if/because we _have _sinned to/for_YHWH. (JER_8:14)

OET-RV: 14 ◙ (JER 8:14)

JER 9:14 contextual word gloss=‘poison’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB JER 9:14 word 16

OET-LV: 14  for_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says hosts the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) here_I am_about _of_to _feed _them DOM the_people the_this wormwood and_I_will _give _them _to _drink water _of poison. (JER_9:14)

OET-RV: 14 ◙ (JER 9:14)

JER 23:15 contextual word gloss=‘poison’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB JER 23:15 word 14

OET-LV: 15 for_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says hosts on the_prophets here_I am_about _to _make _eat them wormwood and_I_will _make _them _drink water _of poison if/because from_with the _prophets _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) wicked _behavior it _has _gone _out to/from_all/each/any/every the_earth/land. (JER_23:15)

OET-RV: 15 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 23:15)

JER 48:37 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB JER 48:37 word 3

OET-LV: 37 If/because every _of head will _be_baldness and_all beard will _be_clipped will _be_on all _of hands cuts and_will _be_on loins sackcloth. (JER_48:37)

OET-RV: 37 ◙ (JER 48:37)

LAM 3:5 contextual word gloss=‘poison’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB LAM 3:5 word 4

OET-LV: 5 He _has _built on_me and_he _has _surrounded_me poison and_hardship. (LAM_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 He built a ramp up against me
⇔ and besieged me with bitterness and hardship. (LAM 3:5)

EZE 29:18 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB EZE 29:18 word 14

OET-LV: 18 Oh _son _of humankind Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar the _king _of Bāⱱel he _made _to _labour DOM army _of_his labour great against Tsor/(Tyre) every _of head was_made _bald and_all shoulder was_made _bare and_wage[s] not it _belonged to_him/it and_to_his _of_army from_Tsor/(Tyre) on the_labour which he _had _laboured on_it. (EZE_29:18)

OET-RV: 18 “Humanity’s child, the Babylonian King Nebuchadnetstsar stationed his army to do hard work against the fortified island city of Tsor (Tyre). Every head was rubbed until it was made bald, and every shoulder was made raw. Yet he and his army received no payment from Tsor for the hard work that he carried out against it, (EZE 29:18)

HOS 2:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_leader’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB HOS 2:2 word 9

OET-LV: 2  and_ the _people _of _they _will _be _gathered of _Yəhūdāh and_the _sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) together and_they _will _appoint to/for_them a _leader one and_they _will _go _up from the_earth/land if/because will _be_great the _day _of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel). (HOS_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 Contend with your mother, contend, because she’s not my wife,
⇔ and nor am I her husband.
⇔ Let her turn her face away from prostitution,
⇔ and cease her adultery from between her breasts. (HOS 2:2)

AMOS 8:10 contextual word gloss=‘head’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB AMOS 8:10 word 14

OET-LV: 10 And_I _will _turn feasts _of_your(pl) into_mourning and_all songs _of_your(pl) into_lamentation and_I _will _bring _up on all _of loins sackcloth and_on every _of head baldness and_I_will _make _it like_the_mourning an _only_son and_its _of_end will_be_like _a _day bitter. (AMO_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 I’ll turn your festivals into mourning
⇔ ≈ and all your songs into dirges.
⇔ I’ll make all of you wear sackcloth
⇔ and every head to be shaved.
⇔ I’ll make it like mourning for an only son,
⇔ ≈ and a bitter day to its end. (AMO 8:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘רֹאשׁ’’ have 25 different glosses: ‘[is]_head’, ‘[the]_best_of’, ‘[the]_head’, ‘[the]_head_of’, ‘[the]_poison_of’, ‘[the]_top_of’, ‘[was]_a_chief_of’, ‘[was]_head’, ‘[was]_the_chief_of’, ‘[was]_the_head_of’, ‘[will_be_the]_beginning_of’, ‘a_chief’, ‘a_head’, ‘a_leader’, ‘chief’, ‘chief[s]’, ‘head’, ‘head_of’, ‘of_the_head_of’, ‘poison’, ‘the_beginning_of’, ‘the_chief_of’, ‘the_head_of’, ‘the_leader_of’, ‘the_top_of’.

Hebrew words (6) other than רֹאשׁ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘poison’

DEU 32:32 רוֹשׁ (rōsh) Lemma=‘רֹאשׁ’ contextual word gloss=‘poison’ word gloss=‘poison’ OSHB DEU 32:32 word 9

OET-LV: 32 If/because is_from_the _vine _of Şədom vine _of_their and_from_the _terraced _fields _of ˊAmorāh/(Gomorrah) grapes _of_their are_grapes _of poison clusters _of bitter belong_to_them. (DEU_32:32)

OET-RV: 32 because their vine has its roots in Sodom,
⇔ ≈ and comes from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
⇔ Their grapes are full of poison—
⇔ ≈ their clusters of grapes taste bitter. (DEU 32:32)

DEU 32:33 וְרֹאשׁ (vəroʼsh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘רֹאשׁ’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and_[the], poison_of’ morpheme glosses=‘and, poison_of’ OSHB DEU 32:33 word 4

OET-LV: 33 is_the_venom _of serpents wine _of_their and_the_poison _of cobras cruel. (DEU_32:33)

OET-RV: 33 Their wine is snake venom,
⇔ ≈ and the deadly poison of vipers. (DEU 32:33)

JOB 6:4 חֲמָתָם (ḩₐmātām) Lemmas=‘חֵמָה’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘poison_of, their’ morpheme glosses=‘poison_of, their’ OSHB JOB 6:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 If/because the _arrows _of the_almighty with_me which poison _of_their is_drinking my_breath/wind/spirit the _terrors _of god they_are _arranged _against _me. (JOB_6:4)

OET-RV: 4 Because the arrows of God the provider are in me.
⇔ My spirit is drinking in their poison.
⇔ God’s terrors are set out against me. (JOB 6:4)

JOB 20:16 רֹאשׁ (roʼsh) Lemma=‘רֹאשׁ’ contextual word gloss=‘[the]_poison_of’ word gloss=‘head’ OSHB JOB 20:16 word 1

OET-LV: 16 the_poison _of cobras he _sucks it_slays _him the_tongue _of a _viper. (JOB_20:16)

OET-RV: 16 They’ll suck on cobra poison.
⇔ ≈ The viper’s fangs will kill them. (JOB 20:16)

LAM 3:19 וָרֹאשׁ (vāroʼsh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘רֹאשׁ’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, poison’ morpheme glosses=‘and, bitterness’ OSHB LAM 3:19 word 5

OET-LV: 19 remember affliction _of_my and_my _of_homelessness wormwood and_poison. (LAM_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 Remember my suffering and my wanderings,
⇔ the wormwood and bitterness. (LAM 3:19)

AMOS 6:12 לְרֹאשׁ (ləroʼsh) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘רֹאשׁ’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘into, poison’ morpheme glosses=‘into, poison’ OSHB AMOS 6:12 word 9

OET-LV: 12 Do_they_run on_crag[s] horses or does _anyone _plow with_oxen if/because you(pl)_have _turned into_poison justice and_the_fruit _of righteousness into_wormwood. (AMO_6:12)

OET-RV: 12 Do horses run on the rocky cliffs?
⇔ ≈ Would someone plough there with oxen?
⇔ Yet you’ve all turned justice into poison
⇔ and the results of doing what’s right, into bitterness, (AMO 6:12)