ראש

ראש

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁɔʃ/

Etymology 1

Root
ר־א־שׁ‎

From the root ר־א־שׁ‎ (r-'-sh), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš-.

Noun

רֹאשׁ • (rosh) m (plural indefinite רָאשִׁים‎, singular construct רֹאשׁ־, plural construct רָאשֵׁי־‎)

1. (anatomy) head.
2. Head, chief, leader, chairperson.
3. Head, beginning, start.

Declension

Declension of רֹאשׁ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	רֹאשׁ	first	רֹאשִׁי‎		רֹאשֵׁנוּ‎
	definite	הָרֹאשׁ‎	second	רֹאשְׁךָ‎	רֹאשֵׁךְ‎	רֹאשְׁכֶם‎	רֹאשְׁכֶן‎
	construct	רֹאשׁ־	third	רֹאשׁוֹ‎	רֹאשָׁהּ‎	רֹאשָׁם‎	רֹאשָׁן‎
plural	indefinite	רָאשִׁים‎	first	ראשיי \\ רָאשַׁי‎		רָאשֵׁינוּ‎
	definite	הָרָאשִׁים‎	second	רָאשֶׁיךָ‎	ראשייך \\ רָאשַׁיִךְ‎	רָאשֵׁיכֶם‎	רָאשֵׁיכֶן‎
	construct	רָאשֵׁי־‎	third	רָאשָׁיו‎	רָאשֶׁיהָ‎	רָאשֵׁיהֶם‎	רָאשֵׁיהֶן‎

Derived terms

• כאב ראש‎ (ke'év rosh)
• ראש השנה‎ (rosh hashaná)
• ראש חודש‎ (rosh khódesh)
• ראש עיר‎ (rosh ir)
• ראש עירייה‎ (rosh iriá)
• ראשון‎ (rishon)

Further reading

• ראש‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• אשר‎

Noun

רֹאשׁ • (rosh) m (singular construct רֹאשׁ־)

1. hemlock