rōʾš

  • Heads Up

    The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting.  Psalm 119:160 Sum – The head of the year.  The chief of the tribe.  The top of the mountain.  The corner stone.  The first of Mankind.  rōʾš, and all its derivatives, are found more than 750 times in Scripture, with a wide…

  • What Is That?

    They gave for my nourishment wormwood, and for my thirst they made me drink vinegar.  Psalm 69:22 [Hebrew Bible]  Robert Alter Wormwood – I’m guessing that you have no idea what “wormwood” is.  And I’ll bet you’re no better informed about “gall,” the other English translation.  But I’m pretty sure you’ve heard the verse before…