Proverbs 20:21:4Prov.20.21.W4TAB
בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה
barishona
“at the beginning”
- Transliteration
- ba-ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- baa-rih-shoh-NAA
- IPA
- /baː.ʔri.ʃoːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the beginning
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-NA
- clause
na-kha-LA miv-kha-LET me-vo-HE-let ba-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
na-kha-LA miv-kha-LET me-vo-HE-let ba-ri-sho-NA ve-a-kha-ri-TAH LO te-vo-RAKH
Root and etymology
y-sh-nyod–shin–nun
“to sleep”
In context — Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance grabbed too quickly at the beginning will not be blessed in the end .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 20:21, so the Hebrew word בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה (barishona) 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.20.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.21.W4.S1) and character.