ראשית

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ר־א־שׁ‎

From the same as ראש‎ (“head”).

Pronunciation

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

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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