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About “Head” in Hebrew

Rosh means head and also beginning or leader, as in Rosh Hashanah (Head of the Year) and Rosh Chodesh (Head of the Month). The word reflects a Jewish concept where leadership and new beginnings are connected. In modern Hebrew, rosh memshala means prime minister (head of government), and rosh ir means mayor (head of city).

Example

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה הוּא זְמַן לְהַתְחָלוֹת חֲדָשׁוֹת.

Rosh Hashanah is a time for new beginnings.

Gematria of “Head” (ראש)

In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word ראש (ROSH) has a gematria value of 501.

200ר+

1א+

300ש

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Torah Verses with Gematria 501

These Bible verses share the same numerical value as “Head” (501).

Genesis 6:8בראשית 6:8

ונח מצא חן בעיני יהוה

But Noah found favor with GOD.

English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0

“Head” in the Bible

Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “head”.

Amos 2:7עמוס 2:7

השאפים על עפר ארץ בראש דלים ודרך ענוים יטו ואיש ואביו ילכו אל הנערה למען חלל את שם קדשי

[Ah,] you who trample the heads of the poor Into the dust of the ground, And make the humble walk a twisted course! as equivalent to shaphim . Emendation yields: “Who crush on the ground / The heads of the poor, / And push off the road / The humble of the land”; cf. Job 24.4. Father and son go to the same woman, And thereby profane My holy name.

Amos 3:12עמוס 3:12

כה אמר יהוה כאשר יציל הרעה מפי הארי שתי כרעים או בדל אזן כן ינצלו בני ישראל הישבים בשמרון בפאת מטה ובדמשק ערש

Thus said GOD: As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s jaws Two shank bones or the tip of an ear, So shall the Israelites escape Who dwell in Samaria— With the leg of a bed or the head of a couch.

Amos 4:3עמוס 4:3

ופרצים תצאנה אשה נגדה והשלכתנה ההרמונה נאם יהוה

And taken out [of the city]— Each one through a breach straight ahead— And flung on the refuse heap —declares GOD.

This word starts with the Hebrew letter resh.