Jeremiah 17:12:4Jer.17.12.W4TAB
מֵֽרִאשׁ֑וֹן
merishon
“from the beginning”
- Transliteration
- me-ri-SHON
- Extended
- mee-ri-SHOHN
- IPA
- /meː.riːˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the beginning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ri-SHON
- clause
ki-SE kha-VOD ma-ROM me-ri-SHON
- sentence
ki-SE kha-VOD ma-ROM me-ri-SHON me-KOM mik-da-SHE-nu
Exegesis
The prepositional noun phrase me-rishon {מֵֽרִאשׁ֑וֹן | mē-rî-šōn} ‘from the beginning’ establishes a temporal frame tracing the throne’s primacy back to its origin.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh
“fire”
In context — Jeremiah 17:12
A throne of glory set on high from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 17:12, so the Hebrew word מֵֽרִאשׁ֑וֹן (merishon) 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 Jer.17.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.12.W4.S1) and character.