1 Samuel 17:30:121 Sam.17.30.W12TAB
הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃
harishon
“the first”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- haa-rih-SHOHN
- IPA
- /hariˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the first
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ri-SHON
- clause
va-ye-shi-VU-hu ha-AM da-VAR ka-da-VAR ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
va-yi-SOV me-ets-LO el-MUL a-KHER va-yo-MER ka-da-VAR ha-ZE va-ye-shi-VU-hu ha-AM da-VAR ka-da-VAR ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
The Hiphil wayyshibhu {וַיְשִׁיבֻהוּ | wayyišib-hū} ‘and they answered him’ presents the response of ha-am {הָעָם | hā-ʿām}, and the phrase ka-davar ha-rishon {כַּדָּבָר הָרִאשׁוֹן | ka-ḏāḇār hā-rîšôn} ‘as the first’ underscores the parallelism of repetition. The English translation preserves the Hebrew clause order to highlight persistent questioning and uniform reply.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-šresh–aleph–shin
“first; primary”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:30
He turned away from beside him toward another, spoke the same thing , and the people answered him as before .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 17:30, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ (harishon) 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 Sam.17.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.30.W12.S1) and character.