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Genesis 28:18

וַ יַּשְׁכֵּם יַעֲקֹב בַּ בֹּקֶר וַ יִּקַּח אֶת הָ אֶבֶן אֲשֶׁר שָׂם מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו וַ יָּשֶׂם אֹתָהּ מַצֵּבָה וַ יִּצֹק שֶׁמֶן עַל רֹאשָׁהּ

And Heel is shouldering up in the Dawn, and he is taking the Stone which he has put as his head-places, and he is putting אֶת-her as a standing-pillar, and he is pouring oil upon her head,940


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Hebrew רֹאשָֽׁהּ, roshah. her head. Masculine form of “head”. The feminine possessive of this word is used of objects only twice in the scriptures. Here and of the lampstands in Zechariah 4:2, “a bowl on her head”.