"ראש" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /ʁoʃ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /roʃ/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʀoʃ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew]
Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum) and Arabic رَأْس (raʔs). Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*raʔš-}} Proto-Semitic *raʔš-, {{cog|akk|rēšum|𒊕|tr=rēšum}} Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum), {{cog|ar|رَأْس}} Arabic رَأْس (raʔs) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=רֹאשׁ|f=ראשה|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|pl=רָאשִׁים|plcons=רָאשֵׁי|tr=rosh|wv=רֹאשׁ}} רֹאשׁ • (rosh) m (plural indefinite רָאשִׁים, singular construct רֹאשׁ־, plural construct רָאשֵׁי־, feminine counterpart ראשה) [pattern: קֶטֶל] Inflection templates: {{he-decl|רֹאשׁ|p|רָאשִׁים}} Forms: רֹאשׁ [canonical], rosh [romanization], רָאשִׁים [indefinite, plural], רֹאשׁ־ [construct, singular], רָאשֵׁי־ [construct, plural], ראשה [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], רֹאשׁ [indefinite, singular], רֹאשִׁי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], רֹאשֵׁנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הָרֹאשׁ [definite, singular], רֹאשְׁךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], רֹאשֵׁךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], רֹאשְׁכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], רֹאשְׁכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], רֹאשׁ־ [construct, singular], רֹאשׁוֹ [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], רֹאשָׁהּ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], רֹאשָׁם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], רֹאשָׁן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], רָאשִׁים [indefinite, plural], ראשיי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], רָאשַׁי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], רָאשֵׁינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הָרָאשִׁים [definite, plural], רָאשֶׁיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], ראשייך [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], רָאשַׁיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], רָאשֵׁיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], רָאשֵׁיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], רָאשֵׁי־ [construct, plural], רָאשָׁיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], רָאשֶׁיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], רָאשֵׁיהֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], רָאשֵׁיהֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. (anatomy) head
    Sense id: en-ראש-he-noun-ny5tM6Nx Categories (other): Anatomy, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 20 5 23 16 24 13 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. head, chief, leader, chairperson
    Sense id: en-ראש-he-noun-JjMiLlOo
  3. head, beginning, start; the top, or leading part.
    Sense id: en-ראש-he-noun-epIseto- Categories (other): Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 20 5 23 16 24 13
  4. headcount; census
    Sense id: en-ראש-he-noun-GKMv9BGr Categories (other): Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 20 5 23 16 24 13
  5. primary: first, beginning
    Sense id: en-ראש-he-noun-dg0BrEWQ Categories (other): Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 20 5 23 16 24 13
  6. The more succulent, aroma-rich part of a plant, brush or tree bark. http://bibleglot.com/quote/Song.4.14/
    Sense id: en-ראש-he-noun-G5kWyyNI Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Celery family plants Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 25 7 18 5 7 36 1 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 18 3 20 8 13 38 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 14 3 17 8 9 45 3 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 20 5 23 16 24 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 2 10 6 5 71 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 18 5 4 66 2 Disambiguation of Celery family plants: 13 5 13 16 14 34 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 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 (rashéi teivót), רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת (rashéi teivót), ראש כחול (rosh kakhól), רֹאשׁ כָּחֹל (rosh kakhól), רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה (rósh memshalá), רֹאשׁ עִיר (rōš ʿīr), רֹאשׁ עִירִיָּה (rōš ʿīriyyā́), רִאשׁוֹן (rīšṓn), רָאשִׁי (rashí), שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ (shomér-rósh)

Noun

IPA: /ʁoʃ/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /roʃ/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ʀoʃ/ [Tiberian-Hebrew] Forms: רֹאשׁ [canonical], rōš [romanization], רֹאשׁ־ [construct, singular]
Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=רֹאשׁ|g=m|tr=rōš|wv=רֹאשׁ}} רֹאשׁ • (rōš) m (singular construct רֹאשׁ־)
  1. hemlock
    Sense id: en-ראש-he-noun-sCUtxJrS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tamán roshó bakhól",
      "word": "טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yoshév rosh",
      "word": "יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kəʾḗḇ rōš",
      "word": "כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "merósh",
      "word": "מֵרֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "al rosh ha-ganáv bo'ér ha-kóva",
      "word": "עַל רֹאשׁ הַגַּנָּב בּוֹעֵר הַכּוֹבַע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rosh ha-pin",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ הַפִּין"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rōš hašānā́",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rōš ḥṓḏeš",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rashéi teivót",
      "word": "ראשי תיבות"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rashéi teivót",
      "word": "רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rosh kakhól",
      "word": "ראש כחול"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rosh kakhól",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ כָּחֹל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rósh memshalá",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rōš ʿīr",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ עִיר"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rōš ʿīriyyā́",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ עִירִיָּה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rīšṓn",
      "word": "רִאשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rashí",
      "word": "רָאשִׁי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shomér-rósh",
      "word": "שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*raʔš-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *raʔš-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "rēšum",
        "3": "𒊕",
        "tr": "rēšum"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "رَأْس"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic رَأْس (raʔs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *raʔš-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒊕 (rēšum) and Arabic رَأْس (raʔs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rosh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשִׁים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ראשה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשִׁי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשֵׁנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָרֹאשׁ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשְׁךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשֵׁךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשְׁכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשְׁכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשָׁהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשָׁם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשָׁן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשִׁים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ראשיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשַׁי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָרָאשִׁים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֶׁיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ראשייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשַׁיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשָׁיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֶׁיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "רֹאשׁ",
        "f": "ראשה",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "pl": "רָאשִׁים",
        "plcons": "רָאשֵׁי",
        "tr": "rosh",
        "wv": "רֹאשׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "רֹאשׁ • (rosh) m (plural indefinite רָאשִׁים, singular construct רֹאשׁ־, plural construct רָאשֵׁי־, feminine counterpart ראשה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "רֹאשׁ",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "רָאשִׁים"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "he:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 23 16 24 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "id": "en-ראש-he-noun-ny5tM6Nx",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) head"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head, chief, leader, chairperson"
      ],
      "id": "en-ראש-he-noun-JjMiLlOo",
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "chairperson",
          "chairperson"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 23 16 24 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head, beginning, start; the top, or leading part."
      ],
      "id": "en-ראש-he-noun-epIseto-",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 23 16 24 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Old Testament, Book of Exodus 30:12"
        },
        {
          "text": "Old Testament, Book of Numbers 1:2,49; 4:2,22; 26:2; 31:49"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "headcount; census"
      ],
      "id": "en-ראש-he-noun-GKMv9BGr",
      "links": [
        [
          "headcount",
          "headcount"
        ],
        [
          "census",
          "census"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 5 23 16 24 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "primary: first, beginning"
      ],
      "id": "en-ראש-he-noun-dg0BrEWQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "primary",
          "primary"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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        {
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          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "13 5 13 16 14 34 5",
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          "name": "Celery family plants",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The more succulent, aroma-rich part of a plant, brush or tree bark. http://bibleglot.com/quote/Song.4.14/"
      ],
      "id": "en-ראש-he-noun-G5kWyyNI"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʁoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/roʃ/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʀoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ראש"
}

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    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rōš",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "hemlock"
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      "id": "en-ראש-he-noun-sCUtxJrS",
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          "hemlock"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʁoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/roʃ/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʀoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ראש"
}
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    "Hebrew lemmas",
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    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms spelled with silent etymological alef",
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    "Pages with entries",
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    {
      "roman": "tamán roshó bakhól",
      "word": "טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yoshév rosh",
      "word": "יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kəʾḗḇ rōš",
      "word": "כְּאֵב רֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "merósh",
      "word": "מֵרֹאשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "al rosh ha-ganáv bo'ér ha-kóva",
      "word": "עַל רֹאשׁ הַגַּנָּב בּוֹעֵר הַכּוֹבַע"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rosh ha-pin",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ הַפִּין"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rōš hašānā́",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rōš ḥṓḏeš",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rashéi teivót",
      "word": "ראשי תיבות"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rashéi teivót",
      "word": "רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rosh kakhól",
      "word": "ראש כחול"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rosh kakhól",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ כָּחֹל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rósh memshalá",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ מֶמְשָׁלָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rōš ʿīr",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ עִיר"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rōš ʿīriyyā́",
      "word": "רֹאשׁ עִירִיָּה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rīšṓn",
      "word": "רִאשׁוֹן"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rashí",
      "word": "רָאשִׁי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shomér-rósh",
      "word": "שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*raʔš-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "rēšum",
        "3": "𒊕",
        "tr": "rēšum"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "رَأْس"
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    }
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      "form": "רֹאשׁ",
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        "canonical"
      ]
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      "form": "rosh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "רָאשִׁים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ראשה",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשִׁי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשֵׁנוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָרֹאשׁ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשְׁךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשֵׁךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשְׁכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשְׁכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁ־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשׁוֹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשָׁהּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשָׁם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רֹאשָׁן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשִׁים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ראשיי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשַׁי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הָרָאשִׁים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֶׁיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ראשייך",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשַׁיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשָׁיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֶׁיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "רָאשֵׁיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "f": "ראשה",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "pl": "רָאשִׁים",
        "plcons": "רָאשֵׁי",
        "tr": "rosh",
        "wv": "רֹאשׁ"
      },
      "expansion": "רֹאשׁ • (rosh) m (plural indefinite רָאשִׁים, singular construct רֹאשׁ־, plural construct רָאשֵׁי־, feminine counterpart ראשה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "רֹאשׁ",
        "2": "p",
        "3": "רָאשִׁים"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "he:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) head"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head, chief, leader, chairperson"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "chairperson",
          "chairperson"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head, beginning, start; the top, or leading part."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Old Testament, Book of Exodus 30:12"
        },
        {
          "text": "Old Testament, Book of Numbers 1:2,49; 4:2,22; 26:2; 31:49"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "headcount; census"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "headcount",
          "headcount"
        ],
        [
          "census",
          "census"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "primary: first, beginning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "primary",
          "primary"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The more succulent, aroma-rich part of a plant, brush or tree bark. http://bibleglot.com/quote/Song.4.14/"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʁoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/roʃ/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʀoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ראש"
}

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    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms spelled with silent etymological alef",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "form": "רֹאשׁ",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "rōš",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "רֹאשׁ־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "g": "m",
        "tr": "rōš",
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      },
      "expansion": "רֹאשׁ • (rōš) m (singular construct רֹאשׁ־)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hemlock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "hemlock"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/roʃ/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʀoʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ראש"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ראש meaning in Hebrew (8.6kB)

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  "trace": ""
}

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}

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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Number:'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'State:'",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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