Numbers 33:3:4Num.33.3.W4TAB
הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן
harishon
“the first”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- hah-ree-SHOHN
- IPA
- /haːriˈʃoːn/
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
va-yis-U me-ra-am-seys ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
va-yis-U me-ra-am-seys ba-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON ba-kha-mi-SHA a-SAR YOM la-KHO-desh ha-ri-SHON mi-ma-kho-RAT ha-PE-sakh yats-U be-NEI-YIS-ra-el be-YAD ra-MAH le-ey-NEI kol-MITS-ra-yim
Exegesis
A sequence of date markers—baḥōḏeš {בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ | baḥōḏeš} ‘in the month’, hāriʾšôn {הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן | hāriʾšôn} ‘the first’, and baḥammîššāh ʿāśār yôm {בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם | baḥammîššāh ʿāśār yôm} ‘on the fifteenth day’—precisely anchors the departure date.
Root and etymology
ה־רh-r
“mountain, hill”
In context — Numbers 33:3
And they set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of that month; on the day after Passover, the sons of Israel went out with a raised hand before the eyes of all Egypt.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 33:3, 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.33.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.3.W4.S1) and character.