Rishon (ראשון) means first in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
first
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Rishon.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שנמצא בהתחלה; שקודם לכל השאר; שמספרו הסודר הוא אחד.
וְהָיָה אִם-לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ לָךְ וְלֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ לְקֹל הָאֹת הָרִאשׁוֹן וְהֶאֱמִינוּ לְקֹל הָאֹת הָאַחֲרוֹן.
- 2עממיקיצור מן ראשון לציון
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Rishon is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- רִאשׁוֹן
- Written without vowel points
- ראשון
- Said
- rishon
- Root
- ר־א־ש
- Plural
- רִאשׁוֹנִים
- Feminine form
- רִאשׁוֹנָה
- Inflections
- נ' רִאשׁוֹנָה; ר' רִאשׁוֹנִים, רִאשׁוֹנֵי־; נ"ר רִאשׁוֹנוֹת
- Gematria
- 557
This is how Rishon is said in other languages.
- English
- first
- Arabic
- أول
- Russian
- первый
- French
- premier, -unième
- Spanish
- primero
- German
- erster
- Yiddish
- ערשט
These words mean nearly the same as Rishon.
These words mean the opposite of Rishon.
These words rhyme with Rishon.
The word Rishon is part of these phrases and sayings.
- בית ראשון
- גוף ראשון
- יום ראשון
- טור ראשון
- טריאס
- מכלי ראשון
- הלורד הימי הראשון
- הלורד הראשון של האדמירליות
- מקום ראשון
- מלח ראשון
- קצין ראשון
- ראש וראשון
- ראשון לציון
- תואר ראשון
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Rishon comes from the root ר־א־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Rishon in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Rishon.
What does Rishon (ראשון) mean in Hebrew?
Rishon (ראשון) means first. It is said rishon, with the stress on shon.
What is a synonym for Rishon (ראשון)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Rishon (ראשון) are אחד.
What is the opposite of Rishon (ראשון)?
Words that mean the opposite of Rishon (ראשון) are אחרון.
What rhymes with Rishon (ראשון)?
Words that rhyme with Rishon (ראשון) include מזון, רצון, צפון, לשון, חלבון, and זיכרון.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry ראשון of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.