בראשית

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Hebrew

Etymology

From the opening phrase of the first book of the Torah: בְּ־ (b'-, in) + רֵאשִׁית (reshít, beginning), literally “in beginning”.

Pronunciation

Adverb

בְּרֵאשִׁית (bereshít)

  1. in the beginning, at first

Synonyms

Proper noun

בְּרֵאשִׁית (bereshítm

  1. (religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible); the Book of Bereshit
    Synonym: סֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית (séfer bereshít)
  2. the first parashah of this book
  3. (Talmud) the creation (in religious sense)

Derived terms

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 189

Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

בראשית (breyshesm

  1. Book of Genesis

Noun

בראשית (breyshesm

  1. genesis

Derived terms