בראשית
Hebrew
Etymology
From the opening phrase of the first book of the Torah: בְּ־ (b'-, “in”) + רֵאשִׁית (reshít, “beginning”), literally “in [the] beginning”.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /b(e)ʁeˈʃit/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /b(ə)rejˈʃis/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /bereˈʃit/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /bæreːˈʃiθ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [baʀ̟eːʔˈʃiːθ]
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Synonyms
- תחילה (tḥilá)
Proper noun
Synonyms
- (Book of Genesis): סֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית (séfer bereshít)
Derived terms
- בראשית רבה (bereshít rabá)
- בְּרֵאשִׁיתִי (bereshití)
- מִבְּרֵאשִׁית (mibereshít)
Further reading
- בראשית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʁɛɪ̯ʃəs/
Derived terms
- בראשיתדיק (breyshesdik, “primeval”)
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