1 Chronicles 18:17:61 Chr.18.17.W6TAB
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים
harishonim
“the first ones”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-sho-NIM
- Extended
- haa-rih-shoh-NEEM
- IPA
- /haːriʔʃoːˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the first ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ri-sho-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-NE-da-VID ha-ri-sho-NIM
- clause
u-ve-NE-da-VID ha-ri-sho-NIM le-YAD ham-ME-lekh
- sentence
u-ve-na-YA-hu ben-ye-ho-ya-DA al-ha-khe-re-TI ve-hap-le-TI u-ve-NE-da-VID ha-ri-sho-NIM le-YAD ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The predicate adjective harishonim {הָרִאשֹׁנִים | hā-rî-šō-nîm} ‘the chief ones’ specifies rank.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:17
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was set over the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chief officials at the side of the king .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 18:17, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים (harishonim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.18.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.17.W6.S1) and character.