רֵאשִׁית

n.f. beginning, chief (for רְאֵשִׁית NöGGA 1884, 1019, cf. HolzHex 465; Syriac ܪܺܝܫܺܝܬܳܐ );—abs. ר׳ Dt 33:21 +, cstr. ר׳ Gn 10:10 +, רֵשִׁית Dt 11:12; sf. רֵאשִׁיתוֹ Ec 7:8, רֵאשִׁתוֹ Jb 42:12, etc.;— beginning, of kingdom Gn 10:10 (J), year Dt 11:12, reign Je 26:1; 27:1; 28:1; 49:34; = first phase, step, or element in course of events Is 46:10 (opp. אַחֲרִית); of a thing (דָּבָר) Ec 7:8 (opp. id.); of sin Mi 1:13, strife Pr 17:14, wisdom ψ 111:10, knowledge Pr 1:7; thy beginning Jb 8:7 = thine early life, so his beginning 42:12 (both opp. אַחֲרִית); ר׳ before cl., בְּר׳ בָּרָא א׳ Gn 1:1 in the beginning when God created (> abs. in the beginning God created); ר׳ אֹנִי 49:3 (poem) beginning (first product) of my manly vigour (‖ בְּכֹרִי, כֹּחִי), so Dt 21:17 ψ 78:51 (both ‖ בְּכוֹר), 105:36; cf. ר׳ דַּרְכֵי אֵל Jb 40:19 (of hippopot.), ר׳ דַּרְכּוֹ Pr 8:22 (of wisdom); = first season (of a tree) Ho 9:10; ר׳ גּוֹיִם Nu 24:20 (JE), first, earliest, of nations. first of fruits Ex 23:19 (E), 34:26 (JE), Dt 26:2, 10; Ez 44:30a, of harvest Lv 23:10 (H), grain Dt 18:4; 2 Ch 31:5, dough Nu 15:20, 21 (P), Ez 44:30b; Ne 10:38, wool Dt 18:4; of כָּל־תְּבוּאָחֶ֑ךָ Pr 3:9; Israel is ר׳ תְּבוּאָתֹה Je 2:3 (i.e. of י׳’s increase); ר׳ = first-fruits Lv 2:12 (P), Nu 18:12 (P), Ne 12:44; ר׳ הָאָרֶץ Ez 48:14. first, chief, Am 6:1; ר׳ גְּבוּרָתָם Je 49:35 (of bows); so appar. ר׳ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן Dn 11:41, i.e. the principal part of them (Buhl Marti conj. שְׁאֵרִית, after 𝔖); ר׳ מַשְׂאוֹתֵיכֶם Ez 20:40, i.e. your chief oblations; ר׳ שְׁמָנִים Am 6:6, i.e. choice oils; = choice part, of land Dt 33:21, offering 1 S 2:29, הַחֵרֶם 15:21; abs. chief thing Pr 4:7 (of wisdom).