2 Chronicles 12:15:32 Chr.12.15.W3TAB
הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙
harishonim
“the first ones”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-sho-NIM
- Extended
- haa-rih-shoh-NEEM
- IPA
- /haː.riː.ʃoːˈniːm/
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
- clause
ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE she-ma-ya ha-na-VI ve-id-DO ha-kho-ZE le-hit-ya-KHES
- sentence
ve-div-RE re-kha-VA-am ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE she-ma-ya ha-na-VI ve-id-DO ha-kho-ZE le-hit-ya-KHES u-mil-kha-MOT re-kha-VA-am ve-ya-ra-VA-am KAL-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The paired adjectives harishonim ve-ha’aḥaronim {הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאֲחַרוֹנִים | ha-rîšhōnîm və-ha-’aḥărōnîm} ‘the first and the last’ form a merism denoting the full span of Rehoboam’s reign.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:15
And the words of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued throughout their days.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 12:15, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ (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 2 Chr.12.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.15.W3.S1) and character.