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resh

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The twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet that makes the r sound
  • noun
  • /rɛʃ/
  • Specialized
: resh
  • In Hebrew, the letter resh has a numerical value of 200.

Examples

  • The word resh is often used in Jewish texts to denote the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  • Pradeed Resh, Intellectual Properties.

    The Devil's Advocate (1997)

  • Encyclopedia of Insects. Vincent Resh and Ring Carde, eds. Academic.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Hydroponics is further described as systems that support the application of growing plants using water with nutrient additives through a delivery system (Resh, 1998).

    Academic text (2009)

  • Overall, both sediment and above-sediment biota, such as fish, may be greatly depleted (Stanley et al. 1997, Gasith and Resh 1999).

    Academic text (2000)

  • The letter resh is pronounced like the English letter 'R'.

Surface Forms

resh singular
reshes plural

Etymology

The word resh comes from the old Hebrew word reish meaning 'head', so you can imagine this letter as the 'head' of the 'r' sound in Hebrew. That's why resh stands for the 'r' sound and is written as ר.