beginning
part of speech
noun (beginning, beginnings); verb (begin, begins, began, begun, beginning)
meaning for a pupil
1) The beginning is the first part or the start of something. tree →
2) Beginning is also the -ing form of begin: «It is beginning to rain». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "In the beginning" opens the Torah and means the very start of creation. Interpretation: The Hebrew word is Bereshit, which gives the whole book its Hebrew name. Commentators such as Rashi say it can be read "when God began to create." In the primary lessons: the start of the story, before anything happened: «at first», «at the start», «in the beginning» ask for the count before the events; a story has a beginning, a middle and an end; phrases: «in the beginning», «at the beginning of», «from beginning to end», «beginning to»
examples
- IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Torah GEN.1.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Torah GEN.10.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack. (Torah GEN.44.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that called the generations from the beginning. (Prophets ISA.41.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hath it not been told you from the beginning? (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase. (Writings JOB.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- How many cards did Ben have in the beginning? tree →
- In the beginning, there were 15 birds on the tree. tree →
- At the beginning of the day, Zoe had 20 cents. tree →
- Every story has a beginning, a middle and an end. tree →
- Read the book from beginning to end. tree →
- It is beginning to snow! tree →
- At the beginning of the year, we got new books. tree →
- The beginning of the film was scary. tree →
- The apples were beginning to roast. tree →
note
Spelling: double n (beginning). «at first», «at the start», «in the beginning» ask for the count before the events. Trap: undo the changes to find it: add back what went away, take away what came.
In the corpora
- IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- 'This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
- In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.
- Hath it not been told you from the beginning?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «beginning» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.