תְּחִלָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8462

beginning — used 22 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

beginning tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תְּחִלָּה: n.f. beginning tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. beginning, הַתְּחִלָּה Ne 11:17 (read הַתְּהִלָּה 𝔊 𝔙 SS Öt), בַּתְּחִלָּה Gn 13:3 + 10 times; cstr. תְּחִלַּת Ho 1:2 Pr 9:10 Ec 10:13, בִּתְחִלַּת 2 K 17:25 + 4 times, ͦתְחִלַּת 2 S 21:9, מִתְּחִלַּת 2 S 21:10:—cstr. with nouns תּ׳ חָכְמָה Pr 9:10 the beginning, first principle of wisdom תּ׳ דִּבְרֵי Ec 10:13 the first word, sq. rel. clause תּ׳ דִּבֶּר י׳ at the beginning of, Yahweh spake (= when Yahweh first spake) Ho 1:2; preceded by prep. מִן 2 S 21:10, elsewhere by בְּ in beginning, of the harvest Ru 1:22 2 S 21:9 (Qr), of the kingdom Ezr 4:6, of their dwelling there 2 K 17:25, of supplications Dn 9:23, of the shooting up of vegetation Am 7:1, כְּבַתְּ׳ as in the beginning Is 1:26; בַּתְּ׳ at first, first in order Ju 1:1; 20:18(×2) 2 S 17:9; at the first, first (or former) time, i.e. first in a series of occurrences, Gn 13:3 (J), 41:21 (E), 43:18, 20 (J), Dn 8:1; 9:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: beginning (10); the beginning (6); first (3).

In the verses

Proverbs 9:10 · tree →

תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃

Word for word: [is.the].beginning of.wisdom the.fear of.Yahweh and.[the] knowledge of.[the].holy.[one(s)] [is].understanding

JPS 1917: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

Ecclesiastes 10:13 · tree →

תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבְרֵי־פִ֖יהוּ סִכְל֑וּת וְאַחֲרִ֣ית פִּ֔יהוּ הוֹלֵל֖וּת רָעָֽה׃

Word for word: the.beginning of.the.words his.mouth his [is].folly and the.end his.mouth his [is].madness evil

JPS 1917: The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is grievous madness.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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