Bereshit

• Breishis, Bereshith, Bereishith

Transliteration of Hebrew בְּרֵאשִׁית.

• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bə.ɹəˈʃiːt/
• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?) (General American) IPA^(key): /bɚ.əˈʃit/

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

Bereshit

1. Anglicized transliteration of בְּרֵאשִׁית (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (the first book of the Hebrew Bible).
   • 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.

2. The first parashah in this book
   • 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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