Genesis 8:13:5Gen.8.13.W5TAB

בּֽ͏ָרִאשׁוֹן֙

barishon

in the first month

Transliteration
ba-ri-SHON
Extended
bah-ree-SHOHN
IPA
/baː.riˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English
in the first month

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Result
בּֽ͏ָ + רִא + שׁוֹן֙
ba + ri + shon
barishon

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-ri-SHON

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI be-a-KHAT ve-shesh-me-OT sha-NA ba-ri-SHON be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh khar-VU ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI be-a-KHAT ve-shesh-me-OT sha-NA ba-ri-SHON be-e-KHAD la-KHO-desh khar-VU ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets va-ya-SAR NO-akh et-mikh-SE ha-te-VA va-YAR ve-hin-NE khar-VU pe-NEI ha-a-da-MA

Root and etymology

r-’-š

head

In contextGenesis 8:13

In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters had dried from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dry.

About this coordinate

Genesis 8:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 8:13, so the Hebrew word בּֽ͏ָרִאשׁוֹן֙ (barishon) 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.8.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.13.W5.S1) and character.