Vocabulary
רֹאשׁ
head; head, chief, leader, chairperson; head, beginning, start; the top, or leading part.; headcount; census; primary: first, beginning; The more succulent, aroma-rich part of a plant, brush or tree bark.; hemlock
Masculine noun
רֵאשִׁית
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically a firstfruit): - beginning, chief (-est), first (-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Feminine noun
רִאשׁוֹנִי
Initial, primary, first, starting.; Prime: having no divisors besides itself and one.; Prime: such that the product of two nonzero elements is nonzero.
Adjective
רִאשׁוֹן
one of the Rishonim, Jewish sages after the Geonim but prior to the Shulchan Aruch; יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן (yóm rishón, “Sunday”)
Masculine noun
ראשת
Rasht (a city in Iran, the seat of Rasht County's Central District and the capital of Gilan Province, located on the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea)
Name
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish holiday marking the start of the liturgical year, taking place on the first two days of Tishrei, 163 days after the first day of Passover); Any of the four new years laid out in the Mishnah.; Rosh Hashanah; a book of the Mishnah, and the corresponding books of the Gemarah.
Name