2 Chronicles 20:34:42 Chr.20.34.W4TAB
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים
harishonim
“the first ones”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-sho-NIM
- Extended
- haa-rih-shoh-NEEM
- IPA
- /haːriːʃoːˈniːm/
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-YE-ter div-RE ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI a-SHER ho-a-LA al-SE-fer mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The paired adjectives harishonim veha’acharonim {הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים וְהָאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים | hārîšônîm wə-hāʾaḥaronîm} ‘the first and the last’ form a merism encompassing his entire reign.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–shin
“head, chief”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:34
And the remainder of the words of Jehoshaphat , the first and the last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he set down upon the book of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 20:34, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים (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.20.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.34.W4.S1) and character.