1 Kings 20:9:101 Kgs.20.9.W10TAB
בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙
varishona
“at first”
- Transliteration
- va-ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- vaa-rih-shoh-NAH
- IPA
- /vaːriʔʃoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at 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
va-ri-sho-NA
- phraseyour reading level
KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA
- clause
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-mal-a-KHE ben-ha-DAD im-RU la-do-NI ha-ME-lekh KOL a-sher-sha-LAKH-ta el-av-DE-kha va-ri-sho-NA e-e-SE ve-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT va-ye-le-KHU ha-mal-a-KHIM va-ye-shi-VU-hu da-VAR
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, first”
In context — 1 Kings 20:9
And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad , “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to your servant at first I will do, but this thing I am not able to do.’” And the messengers went and brought him back word.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 20:9, so the Hebrew word בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ (varishona) 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.20.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.9.W10.S1) and character.