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rēʾšīt רֵאשִׁית ‘first’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as rōʾš רֹאשׁ ‘head / leader’
Roots: רואשׁ

rēʾšīt n, f
1) first, beginning, best, chief
 1a) beginning
 1b) first
 1c) chief
 1d) choice part

Mentioned in Genesis 49:3, 10:10, 1:1 Exodus 23:19, 34:26 Codex Leviticus 2:12, 23:10 Numbers 24:20, 18:12, 15:20, 15:21 Deuteronomy 26:2, 26:10, 21:17, 11:12, 33:21, 18:4 1 Samuel 15:21, 2:29 Isaiah 46:10 Jeremiah 2:3, 27:1, 28:1, 49:34, 26:1, 49:35 Ezekiel 20:40, 44:30, 48:14 Hosea 9:10 Amos 6:1, 6:6 Micah 1:13 Psalms 78:51, 105:36, 111:10 Proverbs 1:7, 8:22, 3:9, 4:7, 17:14 Job 8:7, 42:12, 40:19 Ecclesiastes 7:8 Daniel 11:41 Nehemiah 10:38, 12:44 2 Chronicles 31:5

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