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.