2 Kings 17:40:52 Kgs.17.40.W5TAB

הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן

harishon

the former

Transliteration
ha-ri-SHON
Extended
haa-rih-SHOHN
IPA
/haːriˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English
the former

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הָֽ + רִא + שׁ֖וֹן
ha + ri + shon
harishon

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ri-SHON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON

  3. clause

    KI im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON HEM O-sim

  4. sentence

    ve-LO sha-ME-u KI im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON HEM O-sim

Exegesis

The contrastive conjunction ki im {כִּי אִם | kî ʾim} introduces the construct chain ke-mishpatam {כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם | kə-miš-pā-ṭām} ‘according to their custom’ with harishon {הָרִאשׁוֹן | hā-rîʾšôn} ‘the former’, linking action to a prior pattern.

In context2 Kings 17:40

But they did not heed ; instead, they continued in their custom .

About this coordinate

2 Kings 17:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:40, so the Hebrew word הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן (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 2 Kgs.17.40.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.40.W5.S1) and character.