No. 48 in Hebrew
הראשון
"The first."
In a sentence
הספר הראשון שקראתי היה מלא הפתעות.
The first book I read was full of surprises.
In this sentence, הראשון ('the first') is used as an ordinal adjective to describe 'book' (ספר), referring to its order in a sequence, specifically the initial one I read.
ביום הראשון של החופשה ירד גשם.
On the first day of the vacation, it rained.
Here, הראשון ('the first') modifies 'day' (יום) to denote the inaugural day following the start of the vacation period.
הוא תמיד אוהב להיות הראשון שקם בבוקר.
He always likes to be the first one to get up in the morning.
In this example, הראשון ('the first') serves as a nominal identifier representing a person who initiates the action of getting up in the specified time frame.
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