2 Samuel 20:18:52 Sam.20.18.W5TAB
בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙
varishona
“in the first times or formerly”
- Transliteration
- va-ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- vaa-rih-shoh-NAH
- IPA
- /vaː.riː.ʃoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the first times or formerly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ri-sho-NA
- phraseyour reading level
da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA
- clause
da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA le-MOR sha-OL ye-sha-a-LU be-a-VEL ve-KHEN he-tam-MU
- sentence
va-to-MER le-MOR da-BER ye-dab-RU va-ri-sho-NA le-MOR sha-OL ye-sha-a-LU be-a-VEL ve-KHEN he-tam-MU
Exegesis
The adverbial phrase barishonah {בָרִאשֹׁנָה֙ | bārîšônâ} frames the temporal setting.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:18
And she said, “They used to say at the beginning , ‘Surely one should ask at Abel ,’ and so they concluded the matter.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 20:18, so the Hebrew word בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ (varishona) 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.20.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.18.W5.S1) and character.