Bereshit - Genesis 1 - 6:8
The Torah and Bereshit
"In the Beginning... "
The Torah was given to Moses as God’s Scribe for him to copy down exactly as God dictated in His Presence. The first book of the Bible is Bereshit,
" In the Beginning Elohim created (bara et) the heavens and the earth."
This how Bereshit 1:1 is given below in Hebrew (please note that Hebrew is written from right to left,Why?):
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
This is a good place to start to appreciate the depth of the Hebrew language and why all believers in Yeshua need to start to learn about it. This verse is made up from seven Hebrew words making a menorah with the central candle, (the shamash or servant candle) from which the other candles are lite, So the middle word אֵ֥ת 'et' which is not translated but indicates the direct object of the sentence. It comes directly after bara, to create. So in a sense the אֵ֥ת Aleph Tav, the first and last letters of Hebrew alephbet were created right at the beginning! Interestingly the verb bara is singular but the subject it refers to elohim is a plural noun. From this one can perceive that 'God' elohim אֱלֹהִ֑ים is a plurality but acts as One, Echad. When the verb is plural and used with elohim it is translated as 'gods'.
On a different level the אֵ֥ת as indicated above points to the 'servant' who is the Aleph Tav, Beginning and the Last, the Alpha Omega in Greek, Yeshua HaMashiach. He is there right at the beginning before even the heavens and the earth were created.
So why is the first letter of Bereshit, the בְּ beit?
Hopefully this has increased your interest in the language of the Scriptures, the Holy Tongue. If you are interested CLICK on ALEPHBEIT.
" In the Beginning Elohim created (bara et) the heavens and the earth."
This how Bereshit 1:1 is given below in Hebrew (please note that Hebrew is written from right to left,Why?):
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
This is a good place to start to appreciate the depth of the Hebrew language and why all believers in Yeshua need to start to learn about it. This verse is made up from seven Hebrew words making a menorah with the central candle, (the shamash or servant candle) from which the other candles are lite, So the middle word אֵ֥ת 'et' which is not translated but indicates the direct object of the sentence. It comes directly after bara, to create. So in a sense the אֵ֥ת Aleph Tav, the first and last letters of Hebrew alephbet were created right at the beginning! Interestingly the verb bara is singular but the subject it refers to elohim is a plural noun. From this one can perceive that 'God' elohim אֱלֹהִ֑ים is a plurality but acts as One, Echad. When the verb is plural and used with elohim it is translated as 'gods'.
On a different level the אֵ֥ת as indicated above points to the 'servant' who is the Aleph Tav, Beginning and the Last, the Alpha Omega in Greek, Yeshua HaMashiach. He is there right at the beginning before even the heavens and the earth were created.
So why is the first letter of Bereshit, the בְּ beit?
- First, in Hebrew a preposition is not a separate word but generally is indicated by a letter added to the front of the word reshit רֵאשִׁ֖ית in this case, which means 'beginning', 'source' and is translated as 'in'. and then 'the beginning'.
- Secondly 'beit' means 'house', 'dwelling', so God is creating a dwelling or house into which on the sixth day He placed Adam אדם to dwell.
- Thirdly, why is aleph א not the first letter since it has the gematria of '1' as well as '1000', while beit בְּ has gematria of '2'? Maybe this is indication that the בְּ dwelling is a means to the end which is Adam אדם whose name starts with א which also is the first letter of elohim אֱלֹהִ֑ים God! Removing the א leaves דם which means blood. Hence, אדם mankind cannot survive without God aleph א which is the 'spark' of life God gives us.
Hopefully this has increased your interest in the language of the Scriptures, the Holy Tongue. If you are interested CLICK on ALEPHBEIT.
Click below for video teaching from Beit Echad on Bereshit - Aroma of Mashiach by Morah Giborah:
https://youtu.be/D4U-UCDW6AY
https://youtu.be/D4U-UCDW6AY
