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Bereshit

/bə.ɹəˈʃiːt/ · name

Meaning

  1. The first parashah in this book
  2. Anglicized transliteration of בְּרֵאשִׁית (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (the first book of the Hebrew Bible).

Etymology / origin

Transliteration of Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.

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