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[b-hebrew] THWM - Proper name or not?

From: Vadim Cherny <him AT vadimcherny.org>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] THWM - Proper name or not?
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:27:59 +0300

The meaning of bereshit as "in the beginning" is grammatically unwarranted. It is also semantically odd: the priests would hardly welcome the earliest - the worst - fruits.
Rather, bereshit means "principally, most importantly." In the case of fruits, it is choice fruits rather than firstfruits.

Vadim Cherny

[b-hebrew] THWM - Proper name or not?, Vadim Cherny, 09/24/2009
- Re: [b-hebrew] THWM - Proper name or not?, George Athas, 09/24/2009