Leviticus 23:5:2Lev.23.5.W2TAB
הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן
harishon
“the first”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- hah-ree-SHOHN
- IPA
- /haˈriʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the first
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON
- clause
ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON be-ar-ba-AH a-SAR la-KHO-desh BEIN ha-ar-ba-YIM
- sentence
ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON be-ar-ba-AH a-SAR la-KHO-desh BEIN ha-ar-ba-YIM PE-sakh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause bachodesh harishon {בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן | ba-ḥō-ḏeš ha-rî-ʾšôn} “in the first month” establishes the temporal framework.
In context — Leviticus 23:5
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, is the Passover to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 23:5, 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.23.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.5.W2.S1) and character.