בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ
ORIGINALBH-093
Biblical Hebrew · Reading Biblical Hebrew Sentences
Rebuild Genesis 1:1
BH-093Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ
Transliterationbereshit bara Elohim et ha-shamayim ve-et ha'arets
Plain meaningIn/at the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth. (The precise syntactic/interpretive force of בְּרֵאשִׁית is treated separately from the basic reading.)
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Rebuild Genesis 1:1
This verse now contains mostly familiar pieces. בְּ־ is attached to רֵאשִׁית; בָּרָא gives the action; אֱלֹהִים is the subject; אֵת marks the first definite object; וְאֵת adds the second. The course can therefore explain the verse from its Hebrew structure without pretending that one simple English translation settles every commentarial question about בְּרֵאשִׁית.
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bereshit bara Elohim et ha-shamayim ve-et ha'arets
READINGApproved transliteration
In/at the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth. (The precise syntactic/interpretive force of בְּרֵאשִׁית is treated separately from the basic reading.)
MEANINGBiblical Hebrew
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