ראשית

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-š)

From the same as רֹאשׁ (“head”). Compare Akkadian 𒊕 (rēštum, “beginning”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁe̞ˈʃit/
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Noun

רֵאשִׁית • (reshít) f

the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically a firstfruit): - beginning, chief (-est), first (-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

References

H7225 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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