Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 23:50:28 -0800 trepp AT telus.net writes:
> What are B-Hebrew subscribers' ideas on grammatical possibility for 
> "RO)SH" 
> equalling Russia? I'll withhold comment until I have had the chance 
> to hear 
> others' uninfluenced answers.
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I assume you are referring to Ro)$ (see http://www.ibiblio.org/bhebrew/
under Transcription Guidlines).  I would say there is approximately  0.0
% chance of this being so.  The meaning of Ro)$ is "head" with some
extended meanings such as "first".

george
gfsomsel
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