H7223H–רִאשׁוֹן–ri.shon

Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן (רִאשׁ֔וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.

רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים ri.sho.Nim “[the] forefathers”

And he will give to the Lord his days of being separate, offering a he-lamb of the first year as an offering for error: but the earlier days will be a loss, because he became unclean.

הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ (רִאשֹׁנִים֙) ri.sho.Nim “former”

For Heshbon was the town of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had made war against an earlier king of Moab and taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.

הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן (רִאשׁ֔וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been

רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים ri.sho.Nim “former”

And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

כָּרִאשֹׁנָ֗ה (רִאשֹׁנָ֗ה) ri.sho.Nah “former [time]”

And he put on the stones, as in the first writing, the ten rules which the Lord gave you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the great meeting: and the Lord gave the stones to me.

הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן (רִאשׁ֗וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים ri.sho.Nim “ancestors”

Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן (רִאשׁ֣וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֔ה (רִֽאשֹׁנָ֔ה) ri.sho.Nah “first [time]”

And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה) ri.sho.Nah “first [time]”

And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was t

בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (רִאשֹׁנָֽה) ri.sho.Nah “former [time]”

And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ (רִאשׁוֹנָֽה) ri.sho.Nah “former [time]”

Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?

בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ (רִֽאשֹׁנָה֙) ri.sho.Nah “former [time]”

Then the king made answer and said to the man of God, Make a prayer now for the grace of the Lord your God, and for me, that my hand may be made well. And in answer to the prayer of the man of God, the king's hand was made well again, as it was before.

כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (רִֽאשֹׁנָֽה) Ri.sho.Nah “former [time]”

For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.

הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים (רִאשֹׁנִ֖ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”

So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;

הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים (רִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”

But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way.

הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹן (רִאשׁ֖וֹן) ri.Shon “former”

And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ (רִאשׁוֹנָֽה) ri.sho.Nah “former [time]”

And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

הָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙ (רִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙) ri.sho.Nah “former”

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים (רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים) Ri.sho.Nim “former”

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of

הָרִאשֹׁנִ֨ים (רִאשֹׁנִ֨ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”

Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

רִישׁ֑וֹן ri.Shon “former”

Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥ים ri.Sho.Nim “former”

Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים׀ (רִאשֹׁנִ֥ים) ri.sho.Nim “former”