Proverbs 4:7:1Prov.4.7.W1TAB
רֵאשִׁ֣ית
reshit
“beginning”
- Transliteration
- RE-shit
- Extended
- REE-shihth
- IPA
- /reːˈʃiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- beginning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RE-shit
- clause
RE-shit KHOKH-ma ke-NE KHOKH-MA
- sentence
RE-shit KHOKH-ma ke-NE KHOKH-MA u-ve-KHOL-ki-nyan-KHA ke-NE vi-NA
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause opens with reshit {רֵאשִׁ֣ית | rē-šîṯ} ‘beginning’ functioning in construct with chokhmah {חָ֭כְמָה | ḥā-kh-māh} ‘wisdom’, forming a genitive phrase that locates the origin of insight.
Root and etymology
r-aleph-shinresh–aleph–shin
“head, beginning”
In context — Proverbs 4:7
At wisdom’s inception , get wisdom; and with all your acquiring , get understanding.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 4:7, so the Hebrew word רֵאשִׁ֣ית (reshit) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.4.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.7.W1.S1) and character.