Numbers 10:13:2Num.10.13.W2TAB
בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה
barishonah
“for the first time”
- Transliteration
- ba-ri-sho-NAH
- Extended
- baa-ree-shoh-NAH
- IPA
- /baʁiʃoˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the first time
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ba-ri-sho-NAH
- clause
va-yis-U ba-ri-sho-NAH
- sentence
va-yis-U ba-ri-sho-NAH al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-MO-sheh
Exegesis
The adverbial bārīššônāh {בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה | bārīššônāh} marks this as the initial departure.
Root and etymology
RootResh, Aleph, Shin
“head, chief”
In context — Numbers 10:13
And they set out for the first time at the command of the LORD , by the hand of Moses .
About this coordinate
Numbers 10:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 10:13, so the Hebrew word בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה (barishonah) 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 Num.10.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.10.13.W2.S1) and character.