בראשית

Hebrew

Etymology

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

Adverb

בְּרֵאשִׁית‎ • (bereshít)

  1. in the beginning, at first

Synonyms

Proper noun

בְּרֵאשִׁית‎ • (bereshít) m

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

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • בראשית רבה‎ (bereshít rabá)
  • סֵפֶר בְּרֵאשִׁית‎ (séfer bereshít)
  • בְּרֵאשִׁיתִי‎ (bereshití)
  • מִבְּרֵאשִׁית‎ (mibereshít)

Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew בראשית‎.

Proper noun

בראשית • (breyshes) m

  1. Book of Genesis

Noun

בראשית • (breyshes) m

  1. genesis

Derived terms
  • בראשיתדיק‎ (breyshesdik, “primeval”)
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