ר׳ Gn 10:10 +, רֵשִׁית Dt 11:1 2; sf. רֵאשִׁיתֹו Ec 7: 8, רֵאשִׁתֹו Jb 42:1 2, etc.;— 1. a. 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
||
בְּכֹור
),
105:36
;
cf.
ר׳ דַּרְכֵי אֵל
Jb 40:19
(of hippopot.),
ר׳ דַּרְכֹּו
Pr 8:22
(of wisdom);
=
first season (of a tree)
Ho 9:10
;
ר׳ גֹּויִם
Nu 24:20
(JE),
first, earliest, of nations
.
b.
first
of fruits
Ex 23:19
(
E
),
34:26
(JE),
Dt 26:2
,
10 Ez 44:30
a, of harvest
Lv 23:10
(
H
), grain
Dt 18:4 2 Ch 31:5
, dough
Nu 15:20
,
21
(
P
),
Ez 44:30b Ne 10:3
8, wool
Dt 18:4
; of
כָּל־תְּבוּאָחֶ˜ךָ
Pr 3:
9; Israel is
ר׳ תְּבוּאָתֹה
Je 2:3
(i.e. of
י׳
’s increase);
ר׳
=
2
Lv 2:12
(
P
),
Nu 18:12
(
P
),
Ne 12:44
;
ר׳ הָאָרֶץ
Ez 48:1
4.
2.
first, chief
,
Am 6:1
;
ר׳ גְּבוּרָתָם
Je 49:35
(of bows); so appar.
ר׳ בְּנֵי עַמֹּון
Dn 11:4
1, i.e. the principal part of them
(Buhl Marti conj.
שְׁאֵרִית
, after
ã
);
ר׳ מַשְׂאֹותֵיכֶם
Ez 20:4
0, 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
15:2
1;
abs.
chief thing
Pr 4:7
(of wisdom).
מָרֵאשָׁה
, מָרֵשָׁה
S
4762
GK
5358, 5359
n.pr.loc.
v.
p. 601.
•
[
מְרַאֲשֹׁות
S
4761, 4763
GK
5265
]
n.
[
f.
]
pl.
denom.
place at the head, head- place
;—only
sf.
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו
as
adv.
3 (of one lying down)
Gn 28:11
,
18
(
E
),
1 S 19:13
,
16 1 K 19:
6; so
Qr
1 S 26:
7,
11
,
16
(
Kt
מראשׁתו
); in
v
12
read
מִמְּרַאֲשֹׁתָיו
Ö
We Dr HP
S, for
MT
מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי שָׁאוּל
;
מַרְאֲשֹׁותֵיכֶם
Je 13:18
(2
AV
m. R
V), read
מֵרָאשֵׁיכֶם
,
from your heads
,
Ö ã É
Gie Buhl Co Hpt
(
cf.
, already,
Thes
).
• II . רֹאשׁ S 7218, 7219, 7220, 7226 TWOT 2097, 2097f, 2098 GK 8031, 8032, 8033, 8034 and ( • Dt
32:32
)
רֹושׁ
n.m.
Dt 32:33
a bitter and poisonous herb, then
venom
, always
Buhl Frants Buhl, esp. as editor of eds. 12-14 of Geseniuss Handwörterbuch über das A. T .;
AV Authorized Version. RV Revised Version.