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| The opening sentence of the Hebrew scriptures reads "The established division(berasit) divided([[bera]]) between The Elohim([[elohim]]) and The Shemim([[shemim]]) and Earth([[Aretz]])." | The opening sentence of the Hebrew scriptures reads "The established division(berasit) divided([[bera]]) between The Elohim([[alehim]]) and The Shemim([[semim]]) and Earth([[Arex]])." |
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| In this article, we examine the very first and very important opening word, 'berasit'. What does this ancient word mean? | In this article, we examine the very first and very important opening word, 'berasit'. What does this ancient word mean? |
| [[https://bara.foundation/cgi-bin/go.php?book=genesis&chapter=1&verse=1|Genesis 1:1]] not withstanding, berasit does not mean "in the beginning", despite the unanimous mistranslation by essentially every Bible translation since the Greco-Roman classical period. | [[https://bara.foundation/cgi-bin/go.php?book=genesis&chapter=1&verse=1|Genesis 1:1]] not withstanding, berasit does not mean "in the beginning", despite the unanimous mistranslation by essentially every Bible translation since the Greco-Roman classical period. |
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| The phrase "in the beginning" is a temporal description. That is to say it is primarily concerned with time. In reality, barashit has very little to do with time, although it is tangentially related in some use-cases. I mention use-cases because the word berasit appears in several different types of scenarios. Only by examining each different scenario can we gain a full understanding of the nuanced meaning(s) of the word berasit. | The phrase "in the beginning" is a temporal description. That is to say it is primarily concerned with time. In reality, berasit has very little to do with time, although it is tangentially related in some use-cases. I mention use-cases because the word berasit appears in several different types of scenarios. Only by examining each different scenario can we gain a full understanding of the nuanced meaning(s) of the word berasit. |
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