※Where it all begins…
*The Bible famously opens with the words “in the beginning,” but this is in fact an inaccurate English translation.
創1:1「起初」,神創造天地。
“in the beginning,”;「起初」:對希伯來原文翻譯不是很正確的結果。
*In Hebrew the original meaning is far more interesting; the first word of the Bible is beresheet, meaning “at the heading”. The root of this term is the word rosh (ראש) which means “head”.
在希伯來語中,原意更為有趣;聖經的第一個字是beresheet,意思是「在標題處」。這個詞的根源是rosh(ראש)這個詞,意思是「頭」。
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בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית
(7225) רֵאשִׁית
ראשׁית rêshı̂yth ray-sheeth
From the same as 7218; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically a firstfruit)
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(7218) ראשׁ rôsh roshe
1. head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
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*The head is not just the top of the body; it is the seat of the intellect and therefore the core of human identity. The Bible’s message is that God’s creation of heaven and earth is an intelligent, intentional process, not a random mistake.
頭部不僅僅是身體的頂部;它是智力的所在地,因此也是人類身份的核心。聖經的信息是,上帝創造的天地是一個有理性的,有目的的過程,而不是隨便的意外。
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※創1:1起初,神創造天地。
※Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
※(WLC) 1בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
※「起初」希伯來文字母的含意:
※In the beginning:בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית:Barasheet
בְּ ;Bet;Housing、In、Byte or House or Tent
ר ;Resh ;Energy、Ray、See or Head-First or Highest Person
שׁ ;Shin;Teeth ;Word、Light、Change or To Destroy、To Consume
י ;Yod;Arm、Hand or ”God of action”、Yehowa or My Hand、My Effort、My Work
ת ;Tav;Cross、Mark、Sign、Musical note、Thoth or The Mark、The Covenant
※「起初」,從希伯來字母可以解釋的意義:
※In the beginning:בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית:Barasheet
בְּרֵ ;Bet-Resh:Bar = son of
א ;Aleph;God:the first
שׁ ;Shin:To destroy
י ;Yod:By his effort or hand
ת ;Tav;The cross
※In the beginning:בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית:Barasheet
The Son of God would be destroyed (or killed) by his own hand on a cross
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*We at the Israel Institute of Biblical Studies believe that reading Scripture should never be a mere act of reading; it must an intellectual activity. For the Bible to reach your heart, you need to use your head. So, we urge you to enroll in our live online Biblical Hebrew courses and learn to read Hebrew so that you can begin to appreciate the true meaning of the Scripture.