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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Adverb

בְּ רֵאשִׁית • (bereshít)

in the beginning, at first

Synonyms

תחילה (tḥilá)

Proper noun

בְּ רֵאשִׁית • (bereshít) m

Genesis, the Book of Genesis: the first book of the Jewish and Christian Bibles.

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/

Proper noun

בראשית • (breyshes) m

Book of Genesis

Noun

בראשית • (breyshes) m

genesis

Derived terms

בראשיתדיק (breyshesdik, “primeval”)

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