1 Kings 20:17:51 Kgs.20.17.W5TAB
בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה
barishona
“at the first or first”
- Transliteration
- ba-ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- baa-ree-shoh-NAA
- IPA
- /baːriːʃoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the first or first
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ri-sho-NA
- clause
va-ye-tsu na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ba-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-ye-tsu na-a-RE sa-RE ham-me-di-NOT ba-ri-sho-NA va-yish-LAKH ben-ha-DAD va-ya-GI-du LO le-MOR a-na-SHIM ya-tsu mish-shom-RON
Exegesis
The temporal adverb bârîšônāh {בָּרִאשֹׁנָה | bârîšônāh} ‘at the first’ sets chronological priority.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, first”
In context — 1 Kings 20:17
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent, and they informed him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 20:17, so the Hebrew word בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (barishona) 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.20.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.17.W5.S1) and character.