First things first in Hebrew is דבר ראשון (davár rishón).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
דבר ראשון
davár rishón
phrase
In English
first things first
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for the phrase first things first.
let's deal with matters of highest priority first
- דבר ראשוןdavár rishón
These words come before and after first things first in the list.
These are the questions people ask about first things first in Hebrew.
How do you say first things first in Hebrew?
first things first in Hebrew is דבר ראשון, said davár rishón.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry first things first and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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