to general carnage);
וְלֹא־הָיָה דְּבָרִי ר׳
2 S 19:44
was not my word first?
ר׳
in appos. with
pers.
subj.
2 S 19:21
I am come
as first
,
cf.
perhaps
Is 41:27
(ins.
אָמַרְתִּי
Ges De <
read
הִגַּדְתִּים
for
הִנֵּה הִנָּם
,
Che
Hpt. Kit- Di
), and
הָר׳
Je 50:17
(
opp.
הָאַחֲרֹון
),
Is 43:27
;
ר׳
abs
.,
first
of mankind
Jb 15:17
;
abs.
of
י׳
,
I
(am the)
first
Is 41:4
(
+
אַחֲרֹנִים אֶת־
),
+
אַחֲרֹון
44:
6;
48:12
;
abs.
of time,
מְרִאשֹׁון
Je 17:12
from the beginning;
especially
first
of a def. series (sometimes
opp.
אַחֲרֹון
),
first
day of feast
Dt 16:4 Ex 12:15
(×2),
16
+
5 times
P
(
H
),
Ne 8:18
; usually
first
month (
חֹדֶשׁ
)
Ex 40:2
,
17 Lv 23:5
+
6 times
P
,
1 Ch 12:16
(
van d. H. v
1
5)
+
10 times Ch Ezr,
Est 3:7 Dn 10:
4,
חֹדֶשׁ
om.
Gn 8:13 Ex 12:
2,
18 Nu 9:5
(all
P
)
Ez 29:17
;
30:20
;
45:18
,
21
, so
Jo 2:23
, but read
כָּרִאשֹׁונָה
(
3 a
)
Ö ã
We Now
and
Dr
.
b.
first
in degree,
chief:
רִאשֹׁונָה יַד
הַשָּׂרִים
Ezr 9:2
the hand of the princes
has been
first
in this trespass;
1 Ch 18:17 Dn 10:13
(
cf.
Est 1:14
infr
.).
3.
a.
fem.
c.
prep. as
adv.
; phr.: (1) of time,
בָּרִאשֹׁנָה
Gn 13:4
(
J
),
=
before, formerly
, so
Jos 8:5
,
6
(JE),
2 S 7:10
;
20:18 Je 7:12 Is 52:
4,
לָר׳
=
before, formerly
,
Gn 28:19
(
J
),
Ju 18:29
; so
כְּבָר׳
as formerly
Ju 20:32 1 K 13:6 Is 1:26 Je 33:
7,
11
,
=
כָּר׳
Dt 9:15 Dn 11:29
(
opp.
כָּאַחֲרֹונָה
);
בָּר׳
=
at first
, first of all,
Dt 13:10
;
17:7 Nu 10:13
(
P
)
Jos 8:33
(
D
),
1 K 17:13
;
20:9 Zc 12:7 Pr 20:21
(
opp.
אַחֲרִיתָהּ
),
1 Ch 11:6
(×2);
17:9 Ne 7:
5;
לְמַבָּרִאשֹׁונָה
1 Ch 15:13
(
=
לְמַה־בָּר׳
)
for what was at first
, etc. (
מָה
1 e
); (2)
loc.
,
בָּר׳
, i.e.
at the head
of an army
1 K 20:17
, a procession
Nu 10:14
(
P
),
cf.
Is 60:
9.
b.
רִאשֹׁנָה
alone as
adv.
: (1) of time,
first
Gn 38:28
(
J
),
1 K 18:25 Je 16:18 Lv 5:8 Nu 2:9 Jos 21:10
(all
P
),
Is 65:7
(
Ew De Che Di Du
Skinner,
> adj. Ges Hi K
n); (2) of place
Gn 33:2
(
J
); (3) of degree, rank,
Est 1:14
.
[
רִאשֹׁנִי
S
7224
TWOT
2097d
GK
8038
]
adj.
first
;
fs.
הַשָּׁנָה הָרִאשֹׁנִית
Je 25:1
the first year;
but read
-נָה
,
Gie Du Kö
ii
. 1, 225
.
רַאֲשֹׁות 1 S 26:12 v. מְרַאֲשׁוֹת infr.
רֵאשִׁית
S
7225
TWOT
2097e
GK
8040
n.f.
beginning, chief
(
for רְאֵשִׁית
Nö
GGA 1884, 1019
,
cf.
Holz
Hex 465; Syriac
ܪܺܝܫܺܝܬܳܐ
(
rišito
)
)
;
abs.
ר׳
Dt 33:21
+,
cstr.
Kit-Di Di, Jesaia, ed. Kit > indicates that the preceding is to be preferred to the following. Kn A. Knobel.
Holz H. Holzinger.