Rosh hagola (ראש הגולה) means exilarch in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
רֹאשׁ הַגּוֹלָה
rosh hagola
word
In English
exilarch
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Rosh hagola.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כינוי לאדם שהיה בעל סמכות פנימית ומדינית של הקהילה היהודית בבבל.
The word Rosh hagola is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- רֹאשׁ הַגּוֹלָה
- Written without vowel points
- ראש הגולה
- Said
- rosh hagola
- Root
- ג־ל־ה
- Gematria
- 550
This is how Rosh hagola is said in other languages.
- English
- exilarch
The word Rosh hagola comes from the root ג־ל־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Rosh hagola in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Rosh hagola.
What does Rosh hagola (ראש הגולה) mean in Hebrew?
Rosh hagola (ראש הגולה) means exilarch. It is said rosh hagola, with the stress on go.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ראש הגולה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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