בראשית

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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

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Adverb

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בְּרֵאשִׁית (bereshít)

  1. in the beginning, at first

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בְּרֵאשִׁית (bereshítm

  1. (religion, biblical) Genesis (the first book in the Hebrew Bible)

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.

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בראשית (breyshesm

  1. Book of Genesis

Noun

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בראשית (breyshesm

  1. genesis

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