ראשית

Hebrejski

Etymology

Koren
ר־א־שׁ (r-ʾ-š)

From the same as ראש (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew)
  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) MFA^(ključ): /ʁe̞ˈʃit/

Noun

רֵאשִׁית (reshít)

1. 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