Genesis 33:2:4Gen.33.2.W4PAT
רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה
rishona
“first”
- Transliteration
- ri-sho-NA
- Extended
- ree-shoh-NAA
- IPA
- /riː.ʃoˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
- French
- en premier
- Spanish
- primero
- Portuguese
- primeiro
- German
- zuerst
- Russian
- впереди
- Arabic-Simplified
- أولًا
- Hindi
- पहले
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在前面
- Korean
- 먼저
- Indonesian
- di depan
- Bengali
- সামনে
- Tagalog
- sa unahan
- Swahili
- mbele
- Amharic
- በፊት
- Yoruba
- níwájú
- Igbo
- n'ihu
- Twi
- kan
- Ewe
- gbã
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ri-sho-NA
- clause
va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-YA-sem et-ha-she-fa-KHOT ve-et-yal-DEI-hen ri-sho-NA ve-et-le-A vi-la-DE-ha a-kha-ro-NIM ve-et-ra-KHEL ve-et-yo-SEF a-kha-ro-NIM
In context — Genesis 33:2
he placed the maidservants and their children first and Leah and her children behind and Rachel and Joseph last
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 33:2, so the Hebrew word רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (rishona) 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.33.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.2.W4.S1) and character.