Genesis 33:2:4Gen.33.2.W4TAB
רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה
rishona
“first”
- Transliteration
- ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- ree-shoh-NAA
- IPA
- /riː.ʃoˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ri-sho-NA
- clause
va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA ve-et-le-A vi-la-DE-ha a-kha-ro-NIM ve-et-ra-KHEL ve-et-yo-SEF a-kha-ro-NIM
Exegesis
The adverbial rishonah {רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה | riʾ-šō-nāh} ‘first’ assigns the maidservants and their children to the front of the procession.
In context — Genesis 33:2
And he placed the maidservants and their children at the front, and Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back .
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 33:2, so the Hebrew word רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (rishona) 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 Gen.33.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.2.W4.S1) and character.