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Job 8:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H7592 enquire שׁאל

H4994 I pray thee נא

H1755 age לדר

H7223 of the former רישׁון

H3559 and prepare וכונן

H2714 thyself to the search לחקר

H1 of their fathers אבותם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H7592 enquire

pray

H4994 thee

the

H7223 former

H1755 age

and

H3559 prepare

thyself

the

H2714 search

their

H1 fathers

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7223

Hebrew: רִאשׁוֹן

Transliteration: riʼshôwn

Pronunciation: ree-shone'

Part of Speech: Adjective

Bible Usage: {ancestor} (that were) before ({-time}) {beginning} {eldest} {first} fore [-father] ({-most}) former ({thing}) of old {time} past.

Definition:

{first} in {place} time or rank (as adjective or noun)

1. first, primary, former

a. former (of time)

1. ancestors

2. former things

b. foremost (of location)

c. first (in time)

d. first, chief (in degree) adv

2. first, before, formerly, at first

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906