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Etymology

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Transliteration of Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.

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  • Rhymes: -iːt
  • Hyphenation: Be‧re‧shit, Ber‧e‧shit

Proper noun

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Bereshit

  1. Anglicized transliteration of בְּרֵאשִׁית (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (literally, "In the beginning").
    Synonyms: Breishis, Bereishith
    • 2001, Max Kadushin, The Rabbinic Mind, page 35:
      We refer to the word Bereshit, the first word in Scripture.
    • 1992, Ellen Singer, Bernard M. Zlotowitz, Our Sacred Texts: Discovering the Jewish Classics, page 17:
      In Bereshit, God initiates the relationship with the Jewish nation.
    • 1972, Encyclopaedia Judaica, page 1197:
      Most of the sections, after the portion Bereshit expound biblical narratives, notably the deeds of the patriarchs, as allegories of the fate of the soul.

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