2 Chronicles 25:26:42 Chr.25.26.W4TAB
הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים
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-YE-ter div-REI a-mats-ya-HU ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-REI a-mats-ya-HU ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM ha-LO hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer mal-KHEI-ye-hu-DA ve-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The paired terms harishonim {הָרִאשֹׁנִים | ha-ri-sho-nim} ‘the first’ and vehaakharonim {וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִים | və-ha-akh-ha-ro-nim} ‘and the last’ form a merism denoting totality.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:26
And the rest of the deeds of Amaziah , the first and the last, are they not indeed written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 25:26, 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.25.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.26.W4.S1) and character.