רִאשׁוֹן

1. former:
\ \ a. in time, former of two 1 Mos 25,25 (J), 1 Mos 41,20 (E), 5 Mos 10,1; 5 Mos 10,2; 5 Mos 10,3; 5 Mos 10,4; 5 Mos 10,10; 5 Mos 24,4, compare Hos 2,9; 3 Mos 4,21; 3 Mos 9,15 (both P), Dom 20,39; 2 Kong 1,14; Hag 2,3; Hag 2,9; Ezr 3,12 +; more generally former, previous, 4 Mos 21,26 (JE), Mik 4,8; 2 Kong 17,34; 2 Kong 17,40; Zak 1,4; Zak 7,7; Zak 7,12; Zak 8,11; Neh 5,15 Eccl 17:10; Sl 79,8 +; ׳כָּעֵת הָ ר Es 8,23 ׳דִּבְרֵי דויד הָ ר 1 Kron 29,29 the doings of David, the former and the latter (הָאַחֲדֹנִים), compare 2 Kron 9,29; 2 Kron 12,15; 2 Kron 16,11; 2 Kron 20,34; 2 Kron 25,26; 2 Kron 26,22; 2 Kron 28,26; 2 Kron 35,27 early days of harvest 2 Sam 21,9 רִאשֹׁנִים as substantive, former persons, ancestors, men of old, 5 Mos 19,14; 3 Mos 26,45 (H), Praed 1,11 (opposed to אַחֲרֹנִים); (תָ)רִאשֹׁנוֺת as substantive the former things, i.e. past events Es 41,22; Es 43,9; Es 43,18; Es 46,9; Es 48,3, earlier predictions Es 42,9.
\ \ b. location, foremost, of two 2 Sam 18,27. 2 first:
\ \ a. in time, ׳הַמַּכָּה הָ ר 1 Sam 14,14 the first slaughter (preliminary to general carnage); ׳וְלֹאהָֿיָה דְּבָרִי ר 2 Sam 19,44 was not my word first? ׳ר in apposition with person subject 2 Sam 19,21 I am come as first, compare perhaps Es 41,27 (insert אָמַרְתִּי Ges De < read הִגַּדְתִּים for הִנֵּה הִנָּם Che^Hpt Kit Di), and ׳הָ ר Jer 50,17 (opposed to הָאַחֲרוֺן), Es 43,27 ׳ר absolute, first of mankind Job 15,17 absolute of ׳י, I (an the) first Es 41,4 (+אֶתֿ אַחֲדֹנִים), + אַחְרוֺן Es 44,6; Es 48,12 absolute of time, מֵרִאשׁוֺן Jer 17,12 from the beginning; especially first of a def. series (sometimes opposed to אַחֲרוֺן). first day of feast 5 Mos 16,4; 2 Mos 12,15 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 12,16 + 5 t. P (H), Neh 8,18, usually first month (חֹרֶשׁ) 2 Mos 40,2; 2 Mos 40,17; 3 Mos 23,5 + 6 t. P, 1 Kron 12,16 (van d. H. v.1 Kron 12,15) + 10 t. Chronicles, Ezra, Est 3,7; Dan 10,4, חֹדֶשׁ omitted 1 Mos 8,13; 2 Mos 12,2; 2 Mos 12,18; 4 Mos 9,5 (all P) Ezk 29,17; Ezk 30,20; Ezk 45,18; Ezk 45,21, so Joel 2,23, but read כָּרִאשׁוֺנָה (3 a) ᵐ5 ᵑ6 We Now and Dr.
\ \ b. first in degree, chief: יַד הַשָּׂרִיםרִ֗֗֗אשׁוֺנָה Ezr 9,2 the hand of the princes ... has been first in this trespass; 1 Kron 18,17; Dan 10,13 (Chronicles, Est 1,14 below).

3. a. feminine with preposition as adverb phrase: (1) of time, בָּרִאשֹׁנָה 1 Mos 13,4 (J), = before, formerly, so Jos 8,5; Jos 8,6 (JE), 2 Sam 7,10; 2 Sam 20,18; Jer 7,12; Es 52,4, ׳לָר = before, formerly, 1 Mos 28,19 (J), Dom 18,29 so ׳כְּבָר as formerly Dom 20,32; 1 Kong 13,6; Es 1,26; Jer 33,7; Jer 33,11, = ׳כָּ ר 5 Mos 9,15; Dan 11,29 (opposed to כָּאַחֲרוֺנָה); בָּר = at first, first of all, 5 Mos 13,10; 5 Mos 17,7; (P) Jos 8,33 (D), 1 Kong 17,13; 1 Kong 20,9; Zak 12,7; Ord 20,21 (opposed to אַחֲרִיתָהּ), 1 Kron 11,6 (twice in verse); 1 Kron 17,9; Neh 7,5 לְמַבָּרִאשׁוֺנָה 1 Kron 15,13 (= ׳לְמַהבָּֿר) for what was at first, etc. (מָךְ 1 e); (2) location, ׳בָּר i.e. at the head of an army 1 Kong 20,17, a procession 4 Mos 10,14 (P), compare Es 60,9.
\ \ b. רִאשֹׁנָה alone as adverb: (1) of time first 1 Mos 38,28 (J), 1 Kong 18,25; Jer 16,18; 3 Mos 5,8; 4 Mos 2,9; Jos 21,10 (all P), Es 65,7 (Ew De Che Di Du Skinner, >adjective Ges Hi Kn); (2) of place 1 Mos 33,2 (J); (3) of degree, rank, Est 1,14.