in/with/by — the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)בָּרָ֣א
bârâʼ
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)אֱלֹהִ֑ים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeאֵ֥ת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
shâmayim
the — the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)וְאֵ֥ת
ʼêth
and — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)הָאָֽרֶץ
ʼerets
the — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Genesis 1:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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In the
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…beginning
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…God
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the… (Elohim)
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…created
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The verb bara ("create") is used only of God's action across the entire Hebrew Bible — never of a human building, making, or forming somethi… [by forming from nothing]
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…the heavens
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…and
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…the earth
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The Bible's opening sentence is built from exactly seven words in Hebrew - bereshit, bara, elohim, et, hashamayim, ve'et, ha'arets. It's the…. [Heb 11:3]
Verse 1 is its own complete sentence, not a subordinate clause leading into verse 2's description of the deep. One clue is in the Hebrew word order of v.2: if v.1 were setting up a "when God began creating..." construction, v.2 would need to open with its verb, but instead it opens with "the earth" — the subject. That word-order tell marks v.1 as a standalone opening thesis for the whole section, not a dependent clause.
the library grows every week — this never really runs out
↔ Rabbi noticed a connection
bara again, this time for the creation of humanity.
Genesis 1:1 · WEB
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:27 · WEB
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3]”
Verse 1 is its own complete sentence, not a subordinate clause leading into verse 2's description of the deep. One clue is in the Hebrew word order of v.2: if v.1 were setting up a "when God began creating..." construction, v.2 would need to open with its verb, but instead it opens with "the earth" — the subject. That word-order tell marks v.1 as a standalone opening thesis for the whole section, not a dependent clause.