1. head-place, headrest, area at the head — The place at or near someone's head, a bolster or headrest position, used exclusively with 3ms pronominal suffix ('at-his-head / his-headrest'). All three clusters denote the identical locative concept with no semantic variation—only minor orthographic or translational differences. Attested as: English 'at-his-head/headrest-his', Spanish 'a-su-cabecera/cabecera-suya/en-cabecera-suya', Hindi 'uske-sirhane (उसके सिरहाने) / us-ke-siron-ke-niche (उस के सिरों के नीचे)', Arabic 'inda-ra'sihi (عِندَ–رَأسِهِ) / mirfaqatan-li-ra'sihi (مِرْفَقَةً–لِرَأْسِهِ)', Korean 'geuui-meorimatkhe (그의머리맡에)', Swahili 'kichwani-pake/kichwani-mwake (at-his-head)'. Characteristic of the 1 Samuel narratives (David and Saul scenes) where a spear or water jug is placed at the head. 11×
AR["[كتيب]","عِندَ-رَأسِهِ","عِنْدَ-رَأْسِهِ","مِرْفَقَةً-لِرَأْسِهِ"]·ben["(তাঁর-মাথার-কাছে)","[তাঁর-মাথার-কাছে]","তাঁর-মাথার-নীচে","তার-মাথার-কাছে"]·DE["[at-sein-head]","bei-Haupt-sein","bei-sein-Haupt","zu-seinen-Häuptern"]·EN["[at-his-head]","at-head-its","at-his-head","headrest-his"]·FR["[at-son-head]","headrest-son","à-son-tête","à-tête-son"]·heb["(מראשותי-ו)","[מראשתו]","מ-ראשותיו","מראשותי-ו","מראשתיו-ו"]·HI["(उसके-सिरहाने)","[उसके-सिरहाने]","उस-के-सिरों-के-नीचे","उसके-सिरहाने","उस्के-सिर-के-पअस"]·ID["(di-sisi-kepalanya)","di-kepalanya","di-sisi-kepalanya","di-tempat-kepalanya"]·IT["[at-suo-head]","a-capo-suo","a-suo-capo","headrest-suo"]·jav["(ing-sirah-nipun)","[ing-sirah-nipun]","ing-sirah-ipun","ing-sirahipun","sirahipun"]·KO["그의-머리맡에","그의머리맡에"]·PT["[a-cabeceira-dele]","a-cabeceira-dele","a-cabeceira-sua","cabeceira-sua","à-sua-cabeceira"]·RU["[кетив]","в-изголовье-его","в-изголовье-своё","у-изголовья-его"]·ES["(Qeré)","a-su-cabecera","cabecera-suya","en-cabecera-suya"]·SW["akama-kichwa-chake","kichwa-chake","kichwani-kwake","kichwani-mwake","kichwani-pake"]·TR["(başucunda)","[başucunda]","baş-ucuna","baş-ucunda","başucunda","başının-altına"]·urd["(اُس-کے-سرہانے)","(اُس-کے-سرہانے)۔","[اُس-کے-سرہانے]","اُس-کے-سرہانے","اُس-کے-سرہانے۔","سرہانے-اپنے-کے-نیچے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מְרַאֲשׁוֹת] n.[f.]pl. denom. place at the head, head-place;—only sf. מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו as adv. at his head-place (of one lying down) Gn 28:11, 18 (E), 1 S 19:13, 16; 1 K 19:6; so Qr 1 S 26:7, 11, 16 (Kt מראשׁתו); in v 12 read מִמְּרַאֲשֹׁתָיו 𝔊 We Dr HPS, for MT מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי שָׁאוּל; מַרְאֲשׁוֹתֵיכֶם Je 13:18 (head-tires AVm RV), read מֵרָאשֵׁיכֶם, from your heads, 𝔅 𝔖 𝔙 Gie Buhl CoHpt (cf., already, Thes).