Leviticus 23:40:4Lev.23.40.W4TAB
הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן
harishon
“the first”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- hah-ree-SHON
- IPA
- /haʁiʃˈoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the first
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ri-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON
- clause
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal
- sentence
oo-leh-KAKH-TEM lah-KHEM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON pe-REE ETS ha-DAR ka-POT te-ma-REEM va-a-NAF ETS-ah-VOT veh-ar-vay-NAH-khal oo-se-MAKH-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM shiv-AT ya-MEEM
Exegesis
The temporal phrase bayom ha-rishon {בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשֹׁון | ba-yôm hā-rī-šōn} ‘on the first day’ frames the festival occasion.
In context — Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of a beautiful tree , branches of palm trees, a bough of thick-leaved tree, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 23:40, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן (harishon) 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 Lev.23.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.40.W4.S1) and character.