Daniel 10:4:5Dan.10.4.W5TAB
הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן
harishon
“the first”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- hah-rih-SHOHN
- IPA
- /hariˈʃoːn/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ri-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON
- clause
oo-ve-YOM e-se-RIM ve-ar-ba-A la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
oo-ve-YOM e-se-RIM ve-ar-ba-A la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON va-a-NI ha-YEE-ti AL YAD han-na-HAR hag-ga-DOL HU khid-da-KEL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction u {וּ | û} ‘and’ introducing the temporal clause be-yom esrim we-arbaah la-chodesh harishon {בְּיוֹם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן | bə-yôm ʿeś-rîm wə-ʾar-ba-ʿā(h) la-ḥō-ḏeš hā-rî-šôn} ‘on the twenty-fourth day of the first month’.
In context — Daniel 10:4
And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was on the bank of the great river, which is the Hiddekel.
About this coordinate
Daniel 10:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 10:4, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן (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 Dan.10.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.10.4.W5.S1) and character.