Pronunciations (2)
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/bə.ɹəˈʃiːt/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/bɚ.əˈʃit/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Proper noun
Anglicized transliteration of בְּרֵאשִׁית (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (the first book of the Hebrew Bible).
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In Bereshit, God initiates the relationship with the Jewish nation.
The first parashah in this book
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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.