ראשון

Hebrew

Root
ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-sh)

Hebrew numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: אחד ('ekhád)     Ordinal: ראשון (rishón)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈʃon/

Adjective

רִאשׁוֹן • (rishón) (feminine רִאשׁוֹנָה, masculine plural רִאשׁוֹנִים, feminine plural רִאשׁוֹנוֹת) [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

1. first
2. earliest
3. best

Derived terms

• סַמָּל רִאשׁוֹן (samál rishón)
• עֶזְרָה רִאשׁוֹנָה ('ezrá rishoná)
• רִאשׁוֹנִי (rishoní)
• רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן (rishón l'tsiyón)

Noun

רִאשׁוֹן • (rishón) m (plural indefinite רִאשׁוֹנִים) [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

1. (Judaism) one of the Rishonim, Jewish sages after the Geonim but prior to the Shulchan Aruch
2. יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן (yóm rishón, “Sunday”)

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew רִאשׁוֹן (rishón).

Noun

ראשון • (rishen) m, plural ראשונים (rishoynem)

1. (Judaism) one of the Rishonim, Jewish sages after the Geonim but prior to the Shulchan Aruch