רִאשֹׁון (riʼshovn) — first / former / formost

Form 1

Part of speech: aj

Related lemmas: רֹאשׁ

Sense 1: first, former, formost, previous

Semantic domains: Quantity (002001001042); Frequency (002001003009)

Definition: = state in which a countable entity is the first or the previous in a range

Show passage in OET: GEN 8:13

13 So it was when Noah was 601 years old (in the month of WHAT MONTH on the first day of the Jewish new year) the land was still drying out. So Noah made an opening in the top of the wooden chest and saw that the land surface there was almost dry.

OET-LV GEN 8:13

13 And_he/it _was in_one and_six hundred(s) year in_month on_day_one of_month the_waters they _were _dried _up from_under the_earth/land and_ Noaḩ _he _removed DOM the _covering _of the_box and_he/it _saw and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the _surface _of the_soil they _were _dried _up.

Show passage in OET: GEN 13:4

OET-RV GEN 13:4

4 to the place where he’d previously built an altar, and Avram sacrificed and prayed to Yahweh there.

OET-LV GEN 13:4

4 To the _place _of the _altar which he _had _made there at_time and_he/it _called there ʼAⱱrām in/on_name _of YHWH.

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All 171 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 8:13 · OET GEN 13:4 · OET GEN 25:25 · OET GEN 26:1 · OET GEN 28:19 · OET GEN 32:17 · OET GEN 33:2 · OET GEN 38:28 · OET GEN 40:13 · OET GEN 41:20

EXO: OET EXO 4:8 · OET EXO 12:2 · OET EXO 12:15–16 · OET EXO 12:18 · OET EXO 34:1 · OET EXO 34:4 · OET EXO 40:2 · OET EXO 40:17

LEV: OET LEV 4:21 · OET LEV 5:8 · OET LEV 9:15 · OET LEV 23:5 · OET LEV 23:7 · OET LEV 23:35 · OET LEV 23:39–40 · OET LEV 26:45

NUM: OET NUM 2:9 · OET NUM 6:12 · OET NUM 7:12 · OET NUM 9:1 · OET NUM 9:5 · OET NUM 10:13–14 · OET NUM 20:1 · OET NUM 21:26 · OET NUM 28:16 · OET NUM 28:18 · OET NUM 33:3

DEU: OET DEU 4:32 · OET DEU 9:18 · OET DEU 10:1–4 · OET DEU 10:10 · OET DEU 13:9 · OET DEU 16:4 · OET DEU 17:7 · OET DEU 19:14 · OET DEU 24:4

JOS: OET JOS 4:19 · OET JOS 8:5–6 · OET JOS 8:33 · OET JOS 21:10

JDG: OET JDG 18:29 · OET JDG 20:22 · OET JDG 20:32 · OET JDG 20:39

RUT: OET RUT 3:10

SA1: OET SA1 14:14 · OET SA1 17:30

SA2: OET SA2 7:10 · OET SA2 18:27 · OET SA2 19:20 · OET SA2 19:43 · OET SA2 20:18 · OET SA2 21:9

KI1: OET KI1 13:6 · OET KI1 17:13 · OET KI1 18:25 · OET KI1 20:9 · OET KI1 20:17

KI2: OET KI2 1:14 · OET KI2 17:34 · OET KI2 17:40

CH1: OET CH1 9:2 · OET CH1 11:6 · OET CH1 12:15 · OET CH1 15:13 · OET CH1 17:9 · OET CH1 24:7 · OET CH1 25:9 · OET CH1 27:2–3 · OET CH1 29:29

CH2: OET CH2 3:3 · OET CH2 9:29 · OET CH2 12:15 · OET CH2 16:11 · OET CH2 17:3 · OET CH2 20:34 · OET CH2 22:1 · OET CH2 25:26 · OET CH2 26:22 · OET CH2 28:26 · OET CH2 29:3 · OET CH2 29:17 · OET CH2 35:1 · OET CH2 35:27

EZR: OET EZR 3:12 · OET EZR 6:19 · OET EZR 7:9 · OET EZR 8:31 · OET EZR 9:2 · OET EZR 10:17

NEH: OET NEH 5:15 · OET NEH 7:5 · OET NEH 8:18

EST: OET EST 3:7 · OET EST 3:12

JOB: OET JOB 8:8 · OET JOB 15:7

PSA: OET PSA 79:8 · OET PSA 89:49

PRO: OET PRO 18:17 · OET PRO 20:21

ECC: OET ECC 1:11 · OET ECC 7:10

ISA: OET ISA 1:26 · OET ISA 9:1 · OET ISA 41:4 · OET ISA 41:22 · OET ISA 41:27 · OET ISA 42:9 · OET ISA 43:9 · OET ISA 43:18 · OET ISA 43:27 · OET ISA 44:6 · OET ISA 46:9 · OET ISA 48:3 · OET ISA 48:12 · OET ISA 52:4 · OET ISA 60:9 · OET ISA 61:4 · OET ISA 65:7 · OET ISA 65:16–17

JER: OET JER 7:12 · OET JER 11:10 · OET JER 16:18 · OET JER 17:12 · OET JER 33:7 · OET JER 33:11 · OET JER 34:5 · OET JER 36:28 · OET JER 50:17

EZE: OET EZE 29:17 · OET EZE 30:20 · OET EZE 40:21 · OET EZE 45:18 · OET EZE 45:21

DAN: OET DAN 8:21 · OET DAN 10:4 · OET DAN 10:12 · OET DAN 11:13 · OET DAN 11:29

HOS: OET HOS 2:7

JOL: OET JOL 2:23

MIC: OET MIC 4:8

HAG: OET HAG 2:3 · OET HAG 2:9

ZEC: OET ZEC 1:4 · OET ZEC 6:2 · OET ZEC 7:7 · OET ZEC 7:12 · OET ZEC 8:11 · OET ZEC 12:7 · OET ZEC 14:10

Sense 2: leading

Semantic domains: Control (002003002008)

Definition: = state of authority within a group of people

Show passage in OET: CH1 18:17

OET-RV CH1 18:17

17 Yehoyada’s son Benayah supervised the Keretim and Peletim who were David’s bodyguards, and David’s sons were his leading officials.

OET-LV CH1 18:17

17 And_Bənā^yāh the _son _of Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) was_over the_Kerethite[s] and_the_Pelethite[s] and_the _sons of _Dāvid were_the_first to_the _side _of the _king.

Show passage in OET: EST 1:14

Combined passage: org EST 1:13–14 (native EST 1:13–14; verse text cannot be split).

OET-RV EST 1:13-14

13-14 Eventually he discussed it with his close advisors who knew the law and could make good decisions. (These seven officials; Karshena, Shetar, Admata, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memukan; were from various places. They advised the emperor personally, so were the most powerful officials in the empire.)

OET-LV EST 1:14

14 And_the_ones_close to_him/it were_Carshena Shethar Admatha Tarshiysh Meres Marsena Memucan the _seven _of the _officials _of Pāraş and_Māday who_saw _of (of)_the _face _of the_king who_sat foremost in_kingdom.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

CH1: OET CH1 18:17

EST: OET EST 1:14

DAN: OET DAN 10:13

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