Numbers 21:26:12Num.21.26.W12TAB
הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן
harishon
“the former”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- hah-ree-SHOHN
- IPA
- /ha.riːʃˈoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the former
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
- clause
ve-HU nil-KHAM be-ME-lekh mo-AV ha-ri-SHON va-yik-KAKH ET-kol-artSO mi-ya-DO ad-ar-NON
- sentence
KI khesh-BON IR si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI HI ve-HU nil-KHAM be-ME-lekh mo-AV ha-ri-SHON va-yik-KAKH ET-kol-artSO mi-ya-DO ad-ar-NON
Exegesis
The phrase be-melek moav harishon {בְּמֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב הָרִאשׁוֹן | bə-mê-lek mô-ʾāv hā-rî-ʾôn} identifies the adversary.
Root and etymology
ר־א־ש
“head, summit”
In context — Numbers 21:26
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites , and it was he who fought against the first king of Moab and took his entire territory from his hand as far as the Arnon.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 21:26, so the Hebrew word הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן (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 Num.21.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.26.W12.S1) and character.