בראשית
Hebrew
Etymology
From the opening phrase of the first book of Torah: בְּ־ (b'-, “in”) + רֵאשִׁית (reishít, “beginning”), literally “in the beginning”.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /b(e)ʁeˈʃit/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Ashkenazi" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /b(ə)rejˈʃis/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Sephardi" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bereˈʃit/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Yemenite Hebrew" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bæreːˈʃiθ/
Adverb
Synonyms
- תחילה (tḥilá)
Proper noun
Synonyms
- (Book of Genesis): סֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית (séfer bereshít)
Derived terms
- בראשית רבה (bereshít rabá)
- סֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית (séfer bereshít)
- בְּרֵאשִׁיתִי (bereshití)
- מִבְּרֵאשִׁית (mibereshít)
Further reading
בראשית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew בראשית.
Proper noun
בראשית • (breyshes) m
- Book of Genesis
Noun
בראשית • (breyshes) m
Derived terms
- בראשיתדיק (breyshesdik, “primeval”)