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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)
- in the beginning, at first
Synonyms
Proper noun
בְּרֵאשִׁית • (bereshít) m
- (religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible); the Book of Bereshit
- Synonym: סֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית (séfer bereshít)
- the first parashah of this book
- (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 • (breyshes) m
- Book of Genesis
Noun
בראשית • (breyshes) m
- genesis
Derived terms