Genesis 13:4:5Gen.13.4.W5PAT
בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה
barishona
“at first”
- Transliteration
- ba-ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- bah-rih-shoh-NAA
- IPA
- /baː.ri.ʃoˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at first
- French
- au début
- Spanish
- al principio
- Portuguese
- no início
- German
- anfangs
- Russian
- вначале
- Arabic-Simplified
- في البداية
- Hindi
- पहले
- Chinese-Simplified
- 起初
- Korean
- 처음에
- Indonesian
- mula-mula
- Bengali
- প্রথমে
- Tagalog
- noong una
- Swahili
- mwanzoni
- Amharic
- በመጀመሪያ
- Yoruba
- ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀
- Igbo
- na mbụ
- Twi
- mfiase
- Ewe
- le gɔmedzedzea me
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
el-me-KOM ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER-a-SA SHAM ba-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
el-me-KOM ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER-a-SA SHAM ba-ri-sho-NA va-yik-RA SHAM av-RAM be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 13:4
to the place of the altar which he made at first there there Abram invoked the name of LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 13:4, 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 Gen.13.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.4.W5.S1) and character.