Lexical Definition

‎רֵאשׁ‎ rêʼsh (raysh) head ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎רֹאשׁ‎

chief, head, sum.

• the head
• figuratively, the sum

1) chief, head
1a) head (of man)
1b) head (as seat of visions)
1c) chief
1d) sum (essential content)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: רֹאשׁ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: רֹאשׁ
‎רֵאשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Dan 7:6} head (Egyptian Aramaic, S-C^Pap.; Palmyrene ‎רש‎; ᵑ7 ‎רֵישׁ‎, Syriac ; Biblical Hebrew ‎ראֹשׁ‎); — construct ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Dan 7:1 emphatic ‎הָ֯‎ Dan 2:38 suffix ‎רֵאשׁי‎ Dan 4:2* +, ‎חָ֯‎ Dan 2:28, ‎הֵּ֯‎ vDan 2:32 +, ‎הַּ֯‎ Dan 7:20, ‎הֵ֯וֺן‎ Dan 3:27 plural absolute ‎רֵאשִׁין‎ Dan 7:6, suffix ‎רָאשֵׁיהֹם‎ (K^{§§ 53, Anm. b}); 63 Gu^{Hpt on the passage}) Ezra 5:10 —

1. head of man Dan 3:27, compare Dan 7:9 in vision: of image Dan 2:32; Dan 2:38, beast Dan 7:6; Dan 7:20.

2. head as seat of visions, ‎הֶזְוֵי רֵאשָׁךְ‎, etc., Dan 2:28; Dan 4:2*; Dan 4:7*; Dan 4:10*; Dan 7:1; Dan 7:15.

3. = chief, ‎׳‎‎בְּר‎ Ezra 5:10 in the capacity of their chiefs.

4. sum, essential content, of matters Dan 7:1 (Nes^{MM 40} beginning).

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