2 Chronicles 16:11:42 Chr.16.11.W4TAB
הָרִאשׁוֹנִ֖ים
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ri-sho-NIM
- clause
ve-hin-NEH div-REI a-SA ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH div-REI a-SA ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer ham-me-la-KHIM li-ye-hu-DA ve-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The paired adjectives ha-rishonim ve-ha-acharonim {הָרִאשׁוֹנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִים | hā-riʾšōnîm wə-hā-ʾaḥărōnîm} form a merism (“first … last”), expressing totality: the whole span of Asa’s record.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:11
And look, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, are indeed written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 16:11, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשׁוֹנִ֖ים (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.16.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.11.W4.S1) and character.