Etymology?:
from riʾšā רִאשָׁה ‘beginning’
Roots:
ראשׁה
riʾšōn adj
adj
1) first, primary, former
1a) former (of time)
1a1) ancestors
1a2) former things
1b) foremost (of location)
1c) first (in time)
1d) first, chief (in degree)
adv
2) first, before, formerly, at first
Mentioned in Genesis 26:1, 13:4, 8:13, 25:25, 28:19, 32:18, 33:2, 41:20, 38:28, 40:13 Exodus 34:1, 34:4, 40:2, 4:8, 12:18, 40:17, 12:15, 12:16, 12:2 Codex Leviticus 23:39, 4:21, 5:8, 23:40, 26:45, 23:5, 9:15, 23:7, 23:35 Numbers 9:1, 2:9, 21:26, 9:5, 28:16, 6:12, 7:12, 20:1, 10:14, 33:3, 10:13, 28:18 Deuteronomy 10:10, 10:1, 10:3, 4:32, 24:4, 13:10, 17:7, 9:18, 10:4, 19:14, 10:2, 16:4 Joshua 21:10, 8:33, 8:6, 8:5, 4:19 Judges 18:29, 20:22, 20:39, 20:32 1 Samuel 17:30, 14:14 2 Samuel 20:18, 19:21, 18:27, 19:44, 7:10, 21:9 1 Kings 20:9, 18:25, 17:13, 13:6, 20:17 2 Kings 17:34, 1:14, 17:40 Isaiah 43:27, 65:7, 52:4, 41:22, 48:3, 1:26, 8:23, 41:4, 44:6, 48:12, 60:9, 46:9, 43:18, 65:16, 43:9, 42:9, 65:17, 61:4, 41:27 Jeremiah 11:10, 34:5, 36:28, 50:17, 7:12, 33:11, 16:18, 33:7, 17:12 Ezekiel 45:18, 29:17, 30:20, 40:21, 45:21 Hosea 2:9 Joel 2:23 Micah 4:8 Haggai 2:9, 2:3 Zechariah 1:4, 6:2, 12:7, 8:11, 14:10, 7:7, 7:12 Psalms 89:50, 79:8 Proverbs 20:21, 18:17 Job 8:8, 15:7 Ruth 3:10 Ecclesiastes 1:11, 7:10 Esther 1:14, 3:7, 3:12 Daniel 10:13, 11:29, 10:12, 10:4, 8:21, 11:13 Ezra 3:12, 8:31, 7:9, 10:17, 6:19, 9:2 Nehemiah 5:15, 8:18, 7:5 1 Chronicles 25:9, 9:2, 29:29, 12:16, 15:13, 27:2, 11:6, 17:9, 18:17, 27:3, 24:7 2 Chronicles 17:3, 29:17, 22:1, 9:29, 12:15, 16:11, 20:34, 25:26, 26:22, 28:26, 35:27, 3:3, 35:1, 29:3