ראשון

Hebrew

Root
⁧ר־א־שׁ⁩ (r-ʾ-š)
Hebrew numbers (edit)
10
⁧א׳⁩
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    Cardinal: ⁧אחד⁩ ('ekhád)
    Ordinal: ⁧ראשון⁩ (rishón)

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. first
  2. earliest
  3. best

Derived terms

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
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