THE TARGUM MOLCHO LEXICON

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Choose a letter, open a word, build its form, and follow it back into the Hebrew and Aramaic sources. Every entry includes a construction exercise; unverified word parts remain clearly marked rather than being invented.

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Hebrew · Biblical Hebrew

בְּרֵאשִׁית

Bereshitbe-re-SHEET

BASIC MEANING

in the beginning of

IN THIS CONTEXT

at the beginning

LEMMAרֵאשִׁית

ROOTר־א־ש

GRAMMARpreposition + feminine noun in construct

BUILD THIS WORD

See how the form comes together.

DOCUMENTED PARTS

Choose the pieces in reading order, then check the construction. The original spelling always remains visible.

בחרו חלקים

Bereshitבְּרֵאשִׁית

LEMMAרֵאשִׁית

ROOTר־א־ש

FORMpreposition + feminine noun in construct

STUDY NOTEThe form is a construct phrase. Its syntax should be studied in the verse, not reduced to a single English equivalent.

OCCURRENCES IN THE LIBRARY1

Biblical HebrewGenesis 1:1בְּרֵאשִׁית

A LIVING WORD INDEX

Every entry can keep opening.

The alphabet is only the front door. Each reviewed word can grow into forms, meanings, pronunciation traditions, source occurrences, and links across the library.

Headword

Lemma, language, dialect, root, and grammatical identity.

Meaning

Basic meaning and the distinct meaning carried in its immediate context.

Build the word

An interactive construction exercise for every entry, using verified parts when available and the whole form when segmentation remains in review.

Occurrences

Analyzed appearances linked directly to their passages in the source library.

Sound

Transliteration, pronunciation guidance, and user-initiated read-aloud.

Connections

A path from the word to related passages, discussions, and commentaries.

THE TARGUM MOLCHO LEXICON

Enter through
Aleph to Tav.

BROWSE THE LEXICON

Choose a letter

Swipe or scroll from Aleph to Tav

Hebrew · Biblical Hebrew

בְּרֵאשִׁית

Bereshitbe-re-SHEET

BASIC MEANING

in the beginning of

IN THIS CONTEXT

at the beginning

LEMMAרֵאשִׁית

ROOTר־א־ש

GRAMMARpreposition + feminine noun in construct

BUILD THIS WORD

See how the form comes together.

DOCUMENTED PARTS

Choose the pieces in reading order, then check the construction. The original spelling always remains visible.

בחרו חלקים

Bereshitבְּרֵאשִׁית

LEMMAרֵאשִׁית

ROOTר־א־ש

FORMpreposition + feminine noun in construct

STUDY NOTEThe form is a construct phrase. Its syntax should be studied in the verse, not reduced to a single English equivalent.

OCCURRENCES IN THE LIBRARY1

Biblical HebrewGenesis 1:1בְּרֵאשִׁית

A LIVING WORD INDEX

Every entry can keep opening.

The alphabet is only the front door. Each reviewed word can grow into forms, meanings, pronunciation traditions, source occurrences, and links across the library.

Headword

Lemma, language, dialect, root, and grammatical identity.

Meaning

Basic meaning and the distinct meaning carried in its immediate context.

Build the word

An interactive construction exercise for every entry, using verified parts when available and the whole form when segmentation remains in review.

Occurrences

Analyzed appearances linked directly to their passages in the source library.

Sound

Transliteration, pronunciation guidance, and user-initiated read-aloud.

Connections

A path from the word to related passages, discussions, and commentaries.