Lexical Definition

‎רֹאשׁ‎ rôʼsh (roshe) poison ^H:N-M
or רוֹשׁ rôwsh (roshe); (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as ‎רֹאשׁ‎

gall, hemlock, poison, venom.

• a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head)
• generally poison (even of serpents)

1) gall, venom, bitter, poisonous

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎ראשׁ‎ and ( Deut 32:32) ‎רוֺשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Deut 32:33} a bitter and poisonous herb, them venom, always figurative; —

1. a bitter and poisonous herb, + (or ||) ‎לַעֲנָה‎ Deut 29:17*; Lam 3:19, so (‎מֵי ראֹשׁ‎) Jer 9:14*; Jer 23:15 ‎׳‎‎מֵי ר‎ (without ‎׳‎‎ל‎) Jer 8:14 ‎עִנְּכֵירֿוֺשׁ‎ Deut 22:32 (|| ‎מְרֹרֹת‎); ‎ראֹשׁ וּתְלָאָה‎ Lam 3:5 ‎׳‎‎ר‎ alone Ps 69:22*, ‎מִשְׁפָּטוּפָּרַח כָּראֹשׁ‎ Hos 10:4, ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ ‎׳‎‎הְפַכְתֶּם לר‎ Amos 6:12.

2. venom, of serpents, ‎פְּתָנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Deut 32:33; Job 20:16.

‎רוֺשׁ‎ poison, Deut 32:32, see II. ‎ראֹשׁ‎.

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