Proverbs 18:17:2Prov.18.17.W2TAB
הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן
harishon
“the first”
- Transliteration
- ha-ri-SHON
- Extended
- haa-ri-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
- clause
tsa-DIK ha-ri-SHON be-ri-VO
- sentence
tsa-DIK ha-ri-SHON be-ri-VO ya-VO-U-va-RE-e-hu va-kha-ka-RO
Exegesis
The proverb opens with tsaddiq {צַדִּיק | ṣaddîq} ‘just’ and harishon {הָרִאשׁוֹן | hārišôn} ‘the first’, forming an adjectival subject.
In context — Proverbs 18:17
The one who is first in his dispute seems just , but then his neighbor comes and examines him .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 18:17, so the Hebrew word הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן (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 Prov.18.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.17.W2.S1) and character.