2 Samuel 18:27:62 Sam.18.27.W6TAB
הָרִאשֹׁ֔ון
harishon
“the first”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- haa-rih-SHOHN
- IPA
- /haːriˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the first
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ri-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
et-me-ru-TSAT ha-ri-SHON
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-tso-PE a-NI ro-E et-me-ru-TSAT ha-ri-SHON kim-ru-TSAT a-khi-ma-ATS ben-tsa-DOK
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-tso-PE a-NI ro-E et-me-ru-TSAT ha-ri-SHON kim-ru-TSAT a-khi-ma-ATS ben-tsa-DOK va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ish-TOV ZE ve-el-be-so-RA to-VA ya-VO
Exegesis
The construct chain merutsat harishon {מְרוּצַת הָרִאשׁוֹן | mərūṣāṯ hārīʼšôn} ‘running of the first’ and the prepositional participle kimerutsat {כִּמְרוּצַת | kimməruṣāṯ} ‘like the running’ form a simile with Ahimaaz.
Root and etymology
ר־א־שׁ
“head”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:27
And the watchman said, “I see the first runner is running like Ahimaaz son-of-Zadok.” Then the king said, “He is a good man, and he will come with good news .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 18:27, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשֹׁ֔ון (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 Sam.18.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.27.W6.S1) and character.