Judges 20:32:7Judg.20.32.W7TAB
כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה
kevarishona
“as at the first time”
- Transliteration
- ke-va-ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- keh-vah-rih-shoh-NAH
- IPA
- /kəvaːriʔoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as at the first time
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-va-ri-sho-NA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU be-NE bin-ya-MIN nig-ga-FIM HEM le-fa-NE-nu ke-va-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU be-NE bin-ya-MIN nig-ga-FIM HEM le-fa-NE-nu ke-va-ri-sho-NA u-ve-NE yis-ra-EL a-me-RU na-NU-sa u-ne-tak-ke-NU-hu min-ha-IR el-ha-me-sil-LOT
Exegesis
The comparative kə-varîšônâ {כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה | kə-varîšônâ} links this to the initial encounter.
Root and etymology
ʼ-šaleph–shin
“fire, burning”
In context — Judges 20:32
And the sons of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us as at the first." And the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them out from the city to the roads ."
About this coordinate
Judges 20:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:32, so the Hebrew word כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה (kevarishona) 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 Judg.20.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.32.W7.S1) and character.