Strong's Lexicon: H4763 מְרַאֲשָׁה

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Strong's Number:	H4763
Word:	מְרַאֲשָׁה
Part of Speech:	adverb
Etymology:	formed like H4761
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	11
Transliteration:	mra'ashah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mer-ah-ash-aw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
KJV Renderings:	bolster, head, pillow.

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I. רֹאשׁ₅₉₉ noun masculine^{Lev 13:45} head (common Semitic word; earliest form * ra°š , Arabic [untranscribed source text 4918], Sabean ראס Prä^{ZMG xxix (1875). 425} Mordtm^{Him.Inschr. 31}; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4919] Amharic [untranscribed source text 4920] hence (a heightened) Assyrian rêšu (rarely râšu), Aramaic רֵישָׁא (Egyptian Aramaic ראש Cooke^{North-Semitic Inscr. 404}), [untranscribed source text 4921], modern (Ma'lûla) ra±ša , Huart^{JAs xii (1878), 491} Duval^{id. xiii(1879), 464}; Palmyrene רשא , Lzb³⁶⁶, compare Biblical Hebrew רִישׁוֺן , רֵאשִׁית; from*ra'š, also Biblical Hebrew רָאשׁ֩ , ראֹשׁ (Lag^{Symm. i. 113}), Tel Amarna rušu(nu) Wkl^{189, 18} (gloss to ‡a‡‡adunu ), Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; SI⁶ ראש, Phoenician רשׁ, ראש (in proper name), Punic rus (in proper name, of a location) Schröd^{Phoenician
Spr.133}, ראשת choicest, chief; on MI²⁰ (suffix) רשה, Lev 1:28 ש[ר], compare Sm. u. So¹⁴ Nö^{LCB Jan. 8, 1887, 60}); — ׳ ר absolute Gen 3:15 +, construct Gen 40:20 +; suffix ראֹשִׁי Gen 40:16 +, etc.; plural רָאשִׁים (for רְאָשִׁים֩ Nö^{GGA 1884, 1019}) Exod 18:25 +; construct רָאשֵׁי Hos 7:13 + [ מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי 1Sam 26:12 see מְרַאֲשׁוֺת below]; suffix רָאשֵׁינוּ 1Chr 12:19, רָאשֵׁיכֶם Isa 29:10 +, etc.; —

1.

a. (c. 230 t.) head, of human being; man Gen 40:16; Gen 40:17. + often, גֶּבֶר ׳ לְר Judg 5:30 for the head of a man, i.e. for each man, per capita; woman 2Kgs 9:30; Deut 21:12; Num 5:18; Esth 2:17 boy 2Kgs 4:19 (twice in verse); Gen 48:14 (twice in verse) +; of ׳ י, under figure of armed man Ps 60:9 = Ps 108:9 of idol 1Sam 5:4 of gates, personified Ps 24:7; Ps 24:9.

b. head, of animals: of serpent Gen 3:15, dog 2Sam 3:8, ass 2Kgs 6:25, of הַחַיָּה in Ezek 1:22 compare Ezek 1:22 v Ezek 1:26, of הַכְּרֻבִים Ezek 10:1 compare Ezek 10:11 of sea-monsters, לִוְיָתָן Job 40:31; Ps 74:14, תַּנִּינִים Ps 74:13 especially of animals for sacrifice Exod 12:9; Exod 29:15; Exod 29:19; Lev 1:4; Lev 1:8; Lev 1:12; Lev 1:15; Lev 3:2; Lev 3:8 + 18 t. P ; in phrase וְזָנָב ׳ ר Isa 9:13 (figurative of noble and commoner) compare v.Isa 9:14; Isa 19:15, so (figurative of relative dignity, power, influence) Deut 28:13; Deut 28:44.

2.

a. top (88 t.): of mountain, הַר, Gen 8:5; Exod 19:20 (twice in verse); Exod 24:17; Exod 34:2 + 34 t.; hill, גִּבְעָה, Exod 17:9; Exod 17:10 ( E ), 2Sam 8:25 מְרוֺמִים ׳ ר Prov 8:2 + Prov 1:21 Toy (for ᵑ0 הֹמִיּוֺת), גֵּיא ׳ ר שְׁמָנִים Isa 28:1; Isa 28:4 of rocks, צֻרִים, Num 23:9 ( J E ), crag, סֶלַע, 2Chr 25:12 (twice in verse); tower Gen 11:4 ( J ), stronghold Judg 6:26, ladder Gen 28:12 ( E ), tree 2Sam 5:24 = 1Chr 14:15, bough Isa 17:6 compare Ezek 17:4; Ezek 17:22, mast (?; חִבֵּל) Prov 23:34 (otherwise Toy); of ears of grain, שִׁבֹּלֶת Job 24:24, of stone Gen 28:18 ( E ), bed, מִטָּה, Gen 47:31 ( J ), throne, עָגוֺל לַכִּסֵּה ׳ ר 1Kgs 10:19 , tabernacle, or its wall, Exod 26:24 = Exod 36:29 ( P ); pillar ( =capital) 1Kgs 7:16; 1Kgs 7:17 + 13: t., מְכוֺנָה 1Kgs 7:35 1Kgs 7:35, lampstand Zech 4:2 (twice in verse), high priest's robe, מְעִיל, Exod 28:32 ( P ), פִּנָּה ׳ ר Ps 118:22 top of (the) corner, i.e. most conspicuous stone (figurative); = tip, end, of staves 1Kgs 8:8= 2Chr 5:9, of sceptre Esth 5:2.

b. height of stars Job 22:12 (|| גֹּבַהּ שָׁמַיִם).

3.: 171

a. head = chief (man) Judg 10:18; Judg 11:8; Judg 11:9; Judg 11:11; Exod 18:25 ( E ), Num 1:16 ( P ), Deut 1:15 ; Hos 2:2; Mic 3:1 + often; apparently combined with idea of first in a series 1Chr 12:10. (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:9, series of 11); of God 2Chr 13:12.

b. = chief (city) Josh 11:10 ( D ), compare (of city and king) Isa 7:3; Isa 7:8; Isa 7:9 (twice in verse).

c. chief nation Jer 31:7.

d. = chief (place, position) 1Sam 9:22; 1Kgs 21:9; 1Kgs 21:12; Deut 20:9; 1Chr 4:42 (compare also 5).

e. הָראֹשׁ chief priest 2Kgs 25:18 = Jer 52:24; 2Chr 19:11; 2Chr 24:11; 2Chr 26:20, הַכֹּחֵן ראֹשׁ 1Chr 27:5 , ׳ הָר ׳ הַכּ 2Chr 31:10 ; Ezra 7:5 ׳ י alone 2Chr 24:6 רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים Neh 12:7.

f. especially = head of a family ( P Chronicles); רָאשֵׁי בֵּית (rare ראֹשׁ) אֲבוֺתָ (םׅ ) Exod 6:14; Num 7:2; Num 17:18; Josh 22:14; 1Chr 5:24; 1Chr 7:7; 1Chr 7:9 בֵּית הָאָבוֺת ׳ ר 1Chr 7:40 לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו ׳ ר Num 1:4, compare 1Chr 5:15 ; 1Chr 5:24 ; 1Chr 7:2 ; 1Chr 9:13; 1Chr 24:4 אֻמּוֺת בַּיתאָֿב ׳ ר Num 25:15 אֲבוֺת ׳ ר הָעַדָה Num 31:26 compare Num 32:28; Josh 14:1; Josh 21:1 אֲבוֺת הַלְוִיִּם ׳ ר Exod 6:25; Josh 21:1 (הָ)אָבוֺת לַלְּוִיִם ׳ ר 1Chr 9:33 ; 1Chr 9:34 ; 1Chr 15:12, compare Num 36:1; Josh 19:51; 1Chr 8:6; 1Chr 8:13; 1Chr 23:9; 1Chr 23:24 + 10 t. Chronicles; absolute ׳ ר (הָ)אָבוֺת 1Chr 8:10 ; 1Chr 8:28 ; 1Chr 9:9 ; 1Chr 26:32; 1Chr 27:1; 2Chr 1:2 + 8 t. Ezra Nehemiah (Chronicles); אֲכֹתֵיהֶם ׳ ר Ezra 8:1 רָאשִׁים לְאָכוֺת Neh 11:13 so also ׳ י alone 1Chr 5:7; 1Chr 5:12; 1Chr 7:3; 1Chr 8:28 +; apparently combined with idea of first in a series 1Chr 23:8 (series of 3), 1Chr 23:11 (of 4), 1Chr 23:19 (of 3), v 1Chr 23:20 (of 2).

4.

a. head = front, leader's place Mic 2:13; 2Chr 20:27, compare Amos 6:7.

b. of time, beginning, of night-watch Judg 7:19; Lam 2:19 absolute מֵראֹשׁ from the beginning Isa 40:21 ; Isa 41:4; Isa 41:26 (|| מִלְּפָנִים), Isa 48:16; Prov 8:23 (|| מֵעוֺלָם),. Eccl 3:11 (|| עַדסֿוֺף ); first of months Exod 12:2 (|| רִאשׁוֺן), Num 10:10 ; Num 28:11 (all P ); בָּראֹשׁ 1Chr 16:7 at first.

c. of things, river-heads Gen 2:10 ( J ); עַפְרוֺת תֵּכֵל ׳ ר Prov 8:26 .

5. chief, choicest, best, of spices, כשׂמ(יםׅ, Ezek 27:22; Exod 30:23 ( P ), Song 4:14 שִׂמְחָתִי ׳ ר Ps 137:6 the choicest of my joy.

6. head = division of army, company, band: Judg 7:16; Judg 7:20; Judg 9:34; Judg 9:37; Judg 9:43; Judg 9:44 (twice in verse); 1Sam 11:11; 1Sam 13:17 (twice in verse); 1Sam 13:18 (twice in verse) Job 1:17.

7. = sum, especially in phrase ׳ בְּנֵייִֿשׂ ׳ נָשָׂא אֶתרֿ Exod 30:12 take the sum of, enumerate, compare Num 1:2; Num 1:49; Num 4:2; Num 4:22; Num 26:2; Num 31:26; Num 31:49 בְּראֹשׁוֺ Lev 5:24 in its sum, i.e. in full, so Num 5:7 (all P ); of ׳ י's thoughts Ps 139:17 compare ראֹשׁ דְּבָֽרְךָ אֱמֶת Ps 119:160 .

8. other phrases are: ׳ נָשָׂא אֶתרֿאֹשׁ פ see נָשָׂא Qal 1.b. (2); יָרוּם ראֹשִׁי עַלאֹֿיְבַי Ps 27:6, מֵרִים ראֹשִׁי ׳ י Ps 3:4 (Ps 110:7 ; Ps 140:10 see רום ); shake the head, see נוּעַ Hiph`il, compare יָנִיד בְּראֹשׁוֺ Jer 8:16 , מְנוֺד ראֹשׁ Ps 44:15 נָתַן דֶּרֶךְ בְּראֹשׁ, i.e. requite, see נתן Qal 2.b. near the end; יָשׁוּב גְּמֻלְךָ ׳ בְּר Obad 1:15 , compare Ps 7:17; 1Kgs 2:33 (below דָּם 2.i. and (with ׳ עַלרֿ) Esth 9:25, הֵשִׁיב רָעָה בְּראֹשׁ Judg 9:57; 1Sam 25:39; 1Kgs 2:44, compare Joel 1Kgs 4:4; 1Kgs 4:7 ; 1Kgs 2:32 (sub דָּם 2.i., compare Neh 3:36 (אֶלרֿאֹשָׁם ), see also 2Sam 3:29 below 1. חוּל 3; see, further, דָּם 2 i; Dan 1:10 see חוּב Pi`el

BDB7683

רַאֲשׁוֺת 1Sam 26:12 see מְרַאֲשׁוֺת below

BDB7686

[מְרַאֲשׁוֺת] noun [feminine] plural denominative place at the head, head-place; — only suffix מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו as adverb at his head-place (of one lying down) Gen 28:11; Gen 28:18 ( E ), 1Sam 19:13; 1Sam 19:16; 1Kgs 19:6 so Qr 1Sam 26:7; 1Sam 26:11; 1Sam 26:16 ( Kt מראשׁתו); in 1Sam 26:12 read מִמְּרַאֲשֹׁתָיו ᵐ5 . We Dr HPS, for ᵑ0 מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי שָׁאוּל, מַרְאֲשׁוֺתֵיכֶם Jer 13:18 ( head-tires AV :m RV ), read מַרְאשֵׁיכֶם, Jer 13:8 (head-tires AV :m RV ), read מֵרָאשֵׁיכֶם from your heads, ᵐ5 . ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Gie Buhl Co^Hpt (compare, already, Thes ).

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