1 Kings 18:25:101 Kgs.18.25.W10TAB
רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה
rishona
“first”
- Transliteration
- ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- rih-shoh-NAA
- IPA
- /ri.ʃoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ri-sho-NA
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SU ri-sho-NA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu lin-vi-E ha-BA-al ba-kha-RU la-KHEM ha-PAR ha-e-KHAD va-a-SU ri-sho-NA KI a-TEM ha-ra-BIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu lin-vi-E ha-BA-al ba-kha-RU la-KHEM ha-PAR ha-e-KHAD va-a-SU ri-sho-NA KI a-TEM ha-ra-BIM ve-kir-U be-SHEM e-lo-HE-khem ve-ESH LO ta-si-MU
Exegesis
Two coordinated imperatives ba-kha-rû {בַּחֲר֨וּ | ba-ḥa-rû} ‘choose’ and wa-ʿă-sū {וַעֲשׂ֣וּ | wa-ʿă-sū} ‘and do’ are modified by the adverb riš-šōnāh {רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה | riš-šōnāh} ‘first’.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire”
In context — 1 Kings 18:25
And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal , “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, because you are many, and call on the name of your gods , but do not put fire to it.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 18:25, so the Hebrew word רִאשֹׁנָ֔ה (rishona) 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 Kgs.18.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.25.W10.S1) and character.