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רֵאשִׁית — Genesis 1:1 temporal/cosmological beginning

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SEMANTIC_USAGE_OCCURRENCEUSAGE_H7225_GEN_1_1

Competing interpretations

The syntactic relation and nuance of בְּרֵאשִׁית in Genesis 1:1 are debated; the record therefore classifies the broad contextual domain rather than deciding the full syntactic/exegetical question.
Curation State
CURATED
Release Introduced
v44
Language
Hebrew
Lemma
H7225
Strong Id
H7225
Lemma Keys
[
    "H7225",
    "7225",
    "רֵאשִׁית"
]
Evidence Layers
[
    {
        "id": "BIBLICAL_HEBREW_GREEK",
        "role": "textual_corpus"
    }
]
Source Ids
[
    "SRC_OSHB_WLC",
    "SRC_KJV1769"
]
Source Reference
Genesis 1:1
Date Range
{
    "label": "Biblical Hebrew textual tradition",
    "certainty": "textual witness date distinct from composition dating"
}
Original Language
Hebrew
Attested Form
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Original Excerpt
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Translation
{
    "text": "in the beginning",
    "responsibility": "KJV public-domain rendering",
    "alignment_note": "OSHB lemma identity supports the occurrence; semantic-domain classification is contextual."
}
Semantic Domains
[
    {
        "id": "temporal_cosmological",
        "role": "primary",
        "classification": "strong evidence",
        "rationale": "The phrase frames the creation account with a beginning/temporal-cosmological reference."
    }
]
Evidence Strength
STRONG_CONTEXTUAL_CLASSIFICATION
Context Summary
The lemma appears in the opening temporal/cosmological frame of Genesis 1:1.
Evidence Boundary
This occurrence does not make “temporal beginning” the only sense of H7225 elsewhere.
Scripture Reference
{
    "book": "GEN",
    "chapter": 1,
    "verse": "1",
    "edition": "oshb-wlc"
}