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

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Result
בָּ + רִא + שֹׁ + נָ֑ה
ba + ri + sho + na
barishona

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-ri-sho-NA

  2. clause

    el-me-KOM ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER-a-SA SHAM ba-ri-sho-NA

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.