Deuteronomy 19:14:7Deut.19.14.W7TAB
רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים
rishonim
“the former ones”
- Transliteration
- ri-sho-NIM
- Extended
- ree-shoh-NEEM
- IPA
- /riʃoˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the former ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ri-sho-NIM
- clause
LO ta-SIG ge-VUL re-a-KHA a-SHER gav-LU ri-sho-NIM
- sentence
LO ta-SIG ge-VUL re-a-KHA a-SHER gav-LU ri-sho-NIM be-na-cha-LAT-kha a-SHER tin-KHAL va-A-retz a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
A series of relative clauses introduced by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} specifies original marking by rîʾšōnîm {רִאשֹׁנִים | rîʾšōnîm}, situates the space in bə-naḥălātəkā {בְּנַחֲלָתְךָ | bə-naḥălātəkā}, and frames inheritance with tīnaḥal bāʾāreṣ {תִּנְחַל בָּאָרֶץ | tīnaḥal bāʾāreṣ}. The final relative clause asher Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕlōhêkā nōṯēn lekha lə-rišṯāh subordinates the territory under ongoing divine grant. This cumulative relative structure builds legal precision and theological emphasis on covenantal possession.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:14
You shall not move the boundary of your neighbor, which the former ones set, in your inheritance which you are to inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 19:14, so the Hebrew word רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים (rishonim) 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 Deut.19.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.14.W7.S1) and character.