מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת
mĕraʾăšāwōt
place at the head
Strong's H4763NounHebrewTWOT 2097f

מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת (mĕraʾăšāwōt) is a Hebrew noun meaning place at the head. It appears 11 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4763).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2097f)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2097f)place at the head, head-place; headship, dominion, headpiece, head-rest, a pillow; principality, bolster, head
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת noun, feminine, plural: place at the head, head-place

denominative place at the head, head-place

Strong's H4761 מַרְאָשָׁה: properly, headship, i.e. (plural for collective) dominion
KJV:principality.

Strong's H4763 מְרַאֲשָׁה: properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
KJV:bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772.

Strong's H7226 רַאֲשֹׁת: a pillow (being for the head)
KJV:bolster.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2097: רֹאשׁ rōʾš — head; top, height; chief, chief priest; front, beginning; choicest, best; division, company, band; sum, take sum of, enumerate; captain, chapiter, end, excellent, first, forefront, principal, ruler

See it in Scripture

Genesis 28:111 Samuel 19:131 Kings 19:6

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