רֵאשִׁית

reshit

ray-SHEET

beginning, first, best part

Where it comes from

Reshit is the first word of the Bible, with a bet on the front: in beginning. It also means the best part, the first cutting of a harvest. A beginning in Hebrew is not merely the earliest thing but the finest one.

Every place it appears

Strong's H7225. It stands in 49 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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